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Discohelix elegantula

Gastropoda - Discohelicidae

Taxonomy
Discohelix elegantula was named by Douvillé (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel Aroussieh (Small Fossils), which is in a Bathonian marine horizon in Egypt.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
D. didimtuensis, D. parvanodosa, D. planus, D. sinistra, D. sinsitra, D. subequalis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Discohelix elegantula Douvillé p. 47 figs. Pl. 5, Fig. 28-29

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyCirroidea
familyDiscohelicidaeSchröder 1995
genusDiscohelixDunker 1847
specieselegantula

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.

†Discohelix elegantula Douvillé 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilesupero
Life habit: epifaunalsupero
Diet: grazersupero
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 08:55:39
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:55:39
Source: supero = superorder, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Bathonian or 168.20000 to 165.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Bathonian168.2 - 165.3Egypt Discohelix elegantula (type locality: 171222)