Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Alternative combination: Tropidocyclus cordiformis
Full reference: N. D. Newell. 1935. Some Mid-Pennsylvanian invertebrates from Kansas and Oklahoma. II. Stromatoporoidea, Anthozoa, and Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 9(3):341-355
Belongs to Sinuitina according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Ebbestad and Yochelson 2000, Knight 1945, Knight et al. 1960 and Newell 1935
Sister taxa: Sinuitina (Globosinuitina), Sinuitina (Sinuitina), Sinuitina acutilira, Sinuitina brevilineatus, Sinuitina duchastelii, Sinuitina gratiosus, Sinuitina hyalina, Sinuitina matuta, Sinuitina morzadeci, Sinuitina multirugatus, Sinuitina nudidorsa, Sinuitina oldhami, Sinuitina parva, Sinuitina planilata, Sinuitina portulacoides, Sinuitina punjabica, Sinuitina slavinka, Sinuitina spinari
Type specimen: Its type locality is Wann, which is in a Missourian marine shale in the Wann Formation of Oklahoma
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Oklahoma collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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