Groomodiscus planulatus Endo 1932 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Alternative combination: Oxydiscus planulatus

Full reference: R. Endo. 1932. The Canadian and Ordovician formations and fossils of South Manchuria. United States National Museum Bulletin 164:1-149

Belongs to Groomodiscus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Endo 1932

Sister taxa: Groomodiscus bouceki, Groomodiscus buccinoideum, Groomodiscus calcifer, Groomodiscus rossi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Tai-chia-pu-tzu, 2 miles west of Chiao-tou station, Liao-Tung, which is in a Llanvirn carbonate limestone in the Wuting Formation of China

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Tai-chia-pu-tzu, 2 miles west of Chiao-tou station, Liao-Tung

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