Tropidodiscus obex Clarke 1907 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Alternative combination: Tropidocyclus obex

Full reference: J. M. Clarke. 1907. Some new Devonic fossils. New York State Museum Bulletin 107:1941-195

Belongs to Tropidodiscus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Clarke 1907, Clarke 1909, Linsley 1994 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 minimus, Tropidodiscus nakazatensis, Tropidodiscus phoenix, Tropidodiscus pragensis, Tropidodiscus regularis, Tropidodiscus rotula, Tropidodiscus vesculilineatus, Tropidodiscus waratahensis, Oxydiscus bougangensis

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of United States (2: Maine collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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