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†Tropidodiscus minimus Tschernischeff 1893 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Alternative combination: Oxydiscus minimus

Full reference: T. Tschernischeff. 1893. Die Fauna des Unteren Devons am Ostabhand des Ural. Mémoirs des Commission Géologie 4:1-221

Belongs to Tropidodiscus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Tschernischeff 1893 and Williams and Breger 1916

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 geyeri, Tropidodiscus globosus, Tropidodiscus imitator, Tropidodiscus nakazatensis, Tropidodiscus obex, Tropidodiscus phoenix, Tropidodiscus pragensis, Tropidodiscus regularis, Tropidodiscus rotula, Tropidodiscus vesculilineatus, Tropidodiscus waratahensis, Oxydiscus bougangensis

Subtaxa: Tropidodiscus minimus americanus

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Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at locality 1099J, west of Presque Isle stream, Presque Township (Devonian of Maine)

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