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Discus (disk snail)

Gastropoda - Discidae

Taxonomy
Discus was named by Fitzinger (1833). It is extant. It is the type genus of Discidae.

It was assigned to Endodontidae by Gingerich (1987); and to Discidae by Roth and Emberton (1994), Binder (2004), Harzhauser and Neubauer (2018).

Species
D. neumaieri, D. pleuradrus, D. schneideri, D. solarioides
Species lacking formal opinion data
D. patulus, D. perspectivus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1833Discus Fitzinger
1987Discus Gingerich p. 296
1994Discus Roth and Emberton
2004Discus Binder p. 197
2018Discus Harzhauser and Neubauer p. 112

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassPulmonataCuvier 1817
familyDiscidaeThiele 1931
genusDiscusFitzinger 1833

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. Discus Fitzinger 1833 [disk snail]
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†Discus neumaieri Schlickum 1964
Discus pleuradrus Bourguignat 1881
†Discus schneideri Harzhauser and Neubauer 2014
†Discus solarioides Sandberger 1872
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitesubc
Environment: terrestrialsubc
Locomotion: actively mobilesubc
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-10-12 05:39:25
Modified: 2007-10-12 07:39:25
Source: subc = subclass, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Wasatchian to the top of the Holocene or 54.90000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 50.5 Ma

Collections (26 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wasatchian54.9 - 50.5USA (Wyoming) Discus sp. (15793)
Late/Upper Oligocene - Early/Lower Miocene27.3 - 15.98USA (Montana) Discus patulus (200342)
Aquitanian23.04 - 20.45Germany Discus sp. (182615)
MN 416.9 - 15.98Austria Discus neumaieri (231081)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany Discus pleuradrus (231119 231120)
Langhian15.98 - 13.82Germany (Bavaria) Discus pleuradrus (34615)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany (Baden-Württemberg) Discus pleuradrus (48325 172950 172951)
MN 515.98 - 13.82Germany Discus pleuradrus (231112)
MN 5 - MN 615.98 - 12.75Germany (Bayern) Discus sp. (48471)
MN 613.82 - 12.75Poland Discus sp., Discus solarioides (231087)
Sarmatian12.8 - 11.63Austria Discus euglyphoides (175587)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Hungary (Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén) Discus pleuradrus (75481)
MN 911.1 - 9.67Austria Discus pleuradrus (231088)
MN 109.67 - 8.725Austria Discus pleuradrus (231090)
MN 118.725 - 7.9Austria (Niederoesterreich) Discus pleuradrus (32649)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Italy (Tuscany) Discus rotundatus (51778)
Irvingtonian1.4 - 0.21USA (Kansas) Discus cronkhitei (20293 20352)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Germany (Rheinland-Pfalz) Discus rotundatus (50056)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Italy (Abruzzo) Discus rotundatus (68337)
Rancholabrean0.21 - 0.014USA (Michigan) Discus cronkhitei (70130)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (Virginia) Discus catskillensis (103991)
Holocene0.0117 - 0.0France Discus perspectivus, Discus rotundatus (56806)