Poleumita discors Sowerby 1814 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

Alternative combinations: Euomphalus discors, Oriostoma discors, Polytropina discors, Polytropis discors

Full reference: J. Sowerby. 1814. The mineral conchology of Great Britain; or colored figures and descriptions of those remains of testaceous animals or shells, which have been preserved at various times and depths in the Earth. Parts IX to XIV. The mineral conchology of Great Britain 1(9-14):97-178

Belongs to Poleumita according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Clarke and Ruedemann 1903, de Koninck 1881, Donald 1905, Knight 1941, Lindström 1884, Northrop 1939, Perner 1907 and Sowerby 1814

Sister taxa: Poleumita alatum, Poleumita anabarica, Poleumita crenulata, Poleumita gyrans, Poleumita haliburtoni, Poleumita hudsonica, Poleumita incarinatus, Poleumita mashkovae, Poleumita myeri, Poleumita octavia, Poleumita prosseri, Poleumita rugosa, Poleumita scamnata, Poleumita semiplanus, Poleumita subsulcatus, Poleumita vernonensis, Poleumita walmstedti, Polytropis spiralis, Polytropis lauterbergensis, Polytropis apicespiralis, Polytropis durhamensis, Polytropis wetterawiensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jaani of Estonia (1 collection)

• Silurian of Canada (1: Nunavut), the Czech Republic (1), Norway (3), Sweden (14), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (3)

Total: 26 collections each including a single occurrence

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