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Zonidiscus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Zonidiscus was named by Spitz (1907). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Tropidodiscus by Knight et al. (1960).

It was assigned to Tropidodiscidae by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Zonidiscus Spitz p. 124
2023Zonidiscus Wagner

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

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. †Zonidiscus Spitz 1907
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Zonidiscus clemvillensis Northrop 1939
Zonidiscus discus Lindström 1884
Zonidiscus grayi Reed 1921
Zonidiscus incola Perner 1903
Zonidiscus youngi Foerste 1889
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2007-09-18 08:53:22
Modified: 2009-10-11 15:09:03
Source: o = order, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Berounian to the top of the Ludfordian or 459.70000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Berounian459.7 - 450.1Czechia Bellerophon incola (154463)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Z. grayi (73133)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Z. grayi (73134 153944)
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Canada (Québec) Cyrtolites clemvillensis (172905)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (Indiana) Cyrtolites youngi (13291)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) Cyrtolites discus (3973)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Sweden (Gotland) Cyrtolites discus (13533)