Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Alternative combinations: Oxydiscus geyeri, Zonidiscus geyeri
Full reference: F. Frech. 1894. Über das Devon der Ostaplen III. Die Fauna der unterdevonischen Riffkalke I. Zeitschrift der Deutschen Geologisches Gesellshäfte 46:446-479
Belongs to Tropidodiscus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Frech 1894, Heidelberger 2001, Jhaveri 1969 and Spitz 1907
Sister taxa: Tropidodiscus (Tropidodiscus), Tropidodiscus (Umbilicatus), Tropidodiscus annularis, Tropidodiscus antarcticus, Tropidodiscus arisaigensis, Tropidodiscus carinatus, Tropidodiscus carnicus, Tropidodiscus centrifugulus, Tropidodiscus compticarinatus, Tropidodiscus cultricarinatus, Tropidodiscus curvilineatus, Tropidodiscus decussata, Tropidodiscus delanoui, Tropidodiscus foliatus, 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 Black Gastropod Chalk, Wolayer Thörl, Carnic Alps, which is in a Pragian carbonate limestone in the Schwarz Gastropoden-Kalk Formation of Austria
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Austria (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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