Tropidodiscus compticarinatus Linsley 1968 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Full reference: R. M. Linsley. 1968. Gastropods of the Middle Devonian Anderdon Limestone. Bulletins of American Paleontology 54(244):333-465

Belongs to Tropidodiscus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Heidelberger 2001, Linsley 1968 and Linsley and Kesling 1982

Sister taxa: Tropidodiscus (Tropidodiscus), Tropidodiscus (Umbilicatus), Tropidodiscus annularis, Tropidodiscus antarcticus, Tropidodiscus arisaigensis, Tropidodiscus carinatus, Tropidodiscus carnicus, Tropidodiscus centrifugulus, Tropidodiscus cultricarinatus, Tropidodiscus curvilineatus, Tropidodiscus decussata, Tropidodiscus delanoui, Tropidodiscus foliatus, Tropidodiscus geyeri, Tropidodiscus globosus, Tropidodiscus imitator, Tropidodiscus minimus, Tropidodiscus nakazatensis, Tropidodiscus obex, Tropidodiscus phoenix, Tropidodiscus pragensis, Tropidodiscus regularis, Tropidodiscus rotula, Tropidodiscus vesculilineatus, Tropidodiscus waratahensis, Oxydiscus bougangensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 17: Solvay Processing Co., Unit 8, Sibley, which is in an Eifelian carbonate limestone in the Lucas Formation of Michigan

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (2: Illinois, Michigan collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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