Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Temnodiscidae
Alternative combinations: Cyrtolites subacutus, Oxydiscus subacutus, Tropidodiscus subacutus
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081
Belongs to Alaskadiscus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Bassler 1932, Foerste 1924, Grabau and Shimer 1909, Knight and Bridge 1944, Ulrich and Scofield 1897, Wahlman 1992 and Weller 1903
Sister taxa: Alaskodiscus donensis, Alaskadiscus magnus, Alaskadiscus laticonchus, Alaskadiscus cristatus, Alaskadiscus hunteri, Alaskadiscus acutus, Alaskadiscus planissimus, Alaskadiscus disculus, Alaskadiscus maximus, Alaskadiscus tenuis, Alaskadiscus giganteus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Chazyan of United States (1: Alabama collection)
• Ordovician of United States (29: Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Tennessee)
Total: 30 collections each including a single occurrence
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