Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Alternative spelling: Tropidodiscus (Peruniscus)
Full reference: R. J. Horný. 1962. New genera of Bohemian lower Paleozoic Bellerophontina. Vestník Ústredniho Ústavu Geologického 37(5):473-476
Parent taxon: Temnodiscinae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Horný 1962, Horný 1963 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cyrtolitina, Eobucania, Peelerophon, Pharetrolites, Strepsodiscus, Temnodiscus
Subtaxa: Peruniscus cassinensis Peruniscus macer Peruniscus pusillus Peruniscus ramseyensis
Type: Temnodiscus pusillus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Dobrotivian of Czechia (1 collection), France (2), Spain (4)
• Ordovician of Canada (3: Ontario), Czechia (5), France (1), Morocco (4), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1), United States (4: California, Missouri, Vermont)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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