Temnodiscus lamellifer Lindström 1884 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Alternative combination: Cyrtolites lamellifer

Full reference: G. Lindström. 1884. The Silurian Gastropoda and Pteropoda of Gotland. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingasr 19:1-250

Belongs to Temnodiscus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Knight et al. 1960, Koken 1896, Lindström 1884, Peel 1975 and Reed 1921

Sister taxa: Temnodiscus accola, Temnodiscus arrosus, Temnodiscus euryomphalus, Temnodiscus eximius, Temnodiscus fletcheri, Temnodiscus imbricatus, Temnodiscus ingricus, Temnodiscus minuta, Temnodiscus nautilinus, Temnodiscus nitidula, Temnodiscus obliquus, Temnodiscus ogygiae, Temnodiscus orbiculus, Temnodiscus parvus, Temnodiscus pharetroides, Temnodiscus pleurogonus, Temnodiscus salopiensis, Temnodiscus secans, Temnodiscus solitarius, Temnodiscus suecicus, Temnodiscus viator

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Visby Area, various beds from coast from "B" beds (Silurian of Sweden)

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