Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Alternative spelling: Tropidodiscus (Temnodiscus)
Full reference: E. Koken. 1896. Die Leitfossilien. Ein Handbuch für den Unterricht und für das Bestimmen von Versteinerungen 1-848
Parent taxon: Temnodiscinae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Horný 1963, Knight et al. 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Williams and Breger 1916
Sister taxa: Cyrtolitina, Eobucania, Peelerophon, Peruniscus, Pharetrolites, Strepsodiscus
Subtaxa: Temnodiscus accola Temnodiscus arrosus Temnodiscus euryomphalus Temnodiscus eximius Temnodiscus fletcheri Temnodiscus imbricatus Temnodiscus ingricus Temnodiscus lamellifer Temnodiscus minuta Temnodiscus nautilinus Temnodiscus nitidula Temnodiscus obliquus Temnodiscus ogygiae Temnodiscus orbiculus Temnodiscus parvus Temnodiscus pharetroides Temnodiscus pleurogonus Temnodiscus salopiensis Temnodiscus secans Temnodiscus solitarius Temnodiscus suecicus Temnodiscus viator
Type: Cyrtolites lamellifer
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (4 collections)
• Silurian of the Czech Republic (2), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (3)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Quebec), the Czech Republic (2), Estonia (2), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (2), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (2: California, Kentucky)
Total: 27 collections including 31 occurrences
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