Alaskadiscus giganteus Twenhofel 1928 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Temnodiscidae

Alternative combination: Oxydiscus giganteus

Full reference: W. H. Twenhofel. 1928. Geology of Anticosti Island. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 154(2132):1-351

Belongs to Alaskadiscus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Twenhofel 1928

Sister taxa: Alaskodiscus donensis, Alaskadiscus cristatus, Alaskadiscus acutus, Alaskadiscus planissimus, Alaskadiscus hunteri, Alaskadiscus maximus, Alaskadiscus laticonchus, Alaskadiscus subacutus, Alaskadiscus tenuis, Alaskadiscus disculus, Alaskadiscus magnus

Type specimen: Its type locality is Low cliffs near the head of Ellis Bay, Zone 4, which is in a Gamachian carbonate limestone/shale in the Ellis Bay Formation of Canada

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (2: Quebec, Québec collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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