Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Full reference: D. M. Rohr and E. L. Yochelson. 1990. An unusual new Bellerophontacean Gastropod from the Ordovician (Whiterockian) of Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 64(6):956-960
Parent taxon: Tropidodiscidae according to D. M. Rohr and E. L. Yochelson 1990
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Kosorodiscus, Neimongolidiscus, Nylanderina, Sinuitina, Spirilira, Temnodiscinae, Tropidodiscus, Vorticina, Westraliadiscus, Zonidiscus
Subtaxa: Groomodiscus bouceki Groomodiscus buccinoideum Groomodiscus calcifer Groomodiscus planulatus Groomodiscus rossi
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Whiterockian of United States (3: Nevada collections)
• Ordovician of China (1), the Czech Republic (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: New York)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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