Discohelix mariae Gemmellaro 1911 (snail)

Gastropoda - Vetigastropoda - Discohelicidae

Full reference: M. Gemmellaro. 1911. Sui fossili degli strati a Terebratula aspasia della contrada Rocche Rosse presso Galati (prov. di Messina). Cefalopodi (fine) - Gasteropodi. Giornale di Scienze Naturali ed Economiche di Palermo 28:203-246

Belongs to Discohelix according to M. Gemmellaro 1911

Sister taxa: Discohelix (Discogonius), Discohelix (Discohelix), Discohelix (Pentagonodiscus), Discohelix acarinata, Discohelix albinatiensis, Discohelix calculiformis, Discohelix calculus, Discohelix californicus, Discohelix centricosta, Discohelix centricostan, Discohelix conica, Discohelix costata, Discohelix cotswoldiae, Discohelix crenulata, Discohelix dictyota, Discohelix elegantula, Discohelix excavata, Discohelix guembeli, Discohelix inornata, Discohelix leana, Discohelix levis, Discohelix miocarinata, Discohelix murrayensis, Discohelix orbis, Discohelix orientalis, Discohelix ornata, Discohelix pinguis, Discohelix planigyroides, Discohelix radiata, Discohelix texana, Discohelix tunisiensis, Discohelix venustus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Rocche Rosse, near Galati, which is in a Pliensbachian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: epifaunal grazer

Distribution: found only at Rocche Rosse, near Galati

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