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Strepsodiscus austrinus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Strepsodiscus austrinus was named by Pinilla et al. (2008). Its type specimen is PIL 15215, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Angosto de la Quesera bed 1, which is in a Furongian carbonate limestone in the Lampazar Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2008Strepsodiscus austrinus Pinilla et al. pp. 219 - 221 fig. 2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoidea
familyTropidodiscidae()
subfamilyTemnodiscinae
genusStrepsodiscus
speciesaustrinus

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.

Strepsodiscus austrinus Pinilla et al. 2008
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
M. K. Pinilla et al. 2008Shell fairly large, laterally compressed; shell surface smooth; spire with three tangent whorls slightly coiled to the left, and the f inal 1/4 whorl free. Whorl width rapidly expanding. Circumumbilical angulation absent.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:02:57
Modified: 2009-03-04 12:02:57
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Furongian or 497.00000 to 485.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Furongian497.0 - 485.4Argentina Strepsodiscus austrinus (type locality: 85006 85007)