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Zonidiscus discus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtolites discus was named by Lindström (1884). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Oxydiscus discus by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Tropidodiscus discus by Knight et al. (1960); it was recombined as Zonidiscus discus by Spitz (1907), Cossmann (1908), Knight (1941), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Cyrtolites discus Lindström pp. 84 - 85 figs. pl. 7 f. 18 - 21
1897Oxydiscus discus Ulrich and Scofield p. 852
1907Zonidiscus discus Spitz p. 124
1908Zonidiscus discus Cossmann p. 96
1941Zonidiscus discus Knight p. 387 figs. pl. 10 f. 1a-c
1960Tropidodiscus discus Knight et al. p. 179
2023Zonidiscus discus Wagner

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

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.

Zonidiscus discus Lindström 1884
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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 Sheinwoodian to the top of the Ludfordian or 432.90000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) Cyrtolites discus (3973)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Sweden (Gotland) Cyrtolites discus (13533)