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Kosorodiscus ruzickai

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Kosorodiscus ruzickai was named by Horný (2005). It is not extant. Its type locality is Černá rokle (Black gorge) below Kosoř near Praha-Radotin, which is in a Lochkovian carbonate limestone in the Lochkov Formation of Czechia. It is the type species of Kosorodiscus.

Entered
by P. Wagner on 2005-11-28

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2005Kosorodiscus ruzickai Horný pp. 11 - 12 figs. f. 6-10
2023Kosorodiscus ruzickai Wagner p. 5782

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoidea
familyTropidodiscidae()
genusKosorodiscus
speciesruzickai

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.

†Kosorodiscus ruzickai Horný 2005
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-18 08:53:22
Modified: 2026-03-24 16:53:51
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Lochkovian or 419.62000 to 413.02000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02Czechia (Praha) Kosorodiscus ruzickai (type locality: 56880)