Temnodiscus salopiensis Reed 1921 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1921. A monograph of the British Ordovician and Silurian Bellerophontacea. The Palaeontographical Society 31:1-92

Belongs to Temnodiscus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Reed 1921

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

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Glossia obovata community, section 1E13 (Silurian of the United Kingdom)

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