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Tropidodiscus pragensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Tropidodiscus (Tropidodiscus) pragensis was named by Horný (1963) [Tropidodiscus (Tropidodiscus) pragensis Horný 1963c]. It is not extant. Its type locality is Barrandov I, which is in a Pragian carbonate limestone in the Dvorce-Prokop Formation of Czechia.

It was recombined as Tropidodiscus pragensis by Heidelberger (2001), Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Tropidodiscus (Tropidodiscus) pragensis Horný pp. 120 - 121 figs. pl. 31 f. 2-5
1969Tropidodiscus (Tropidodiscus) pragensis Jhaveri p. 156
1986Tropidodiscus (Tropidodiscus) praegensis Kase and Nishida p. 76
2001Tropidodiscus pragensis Heidelberger p. 32
2023Tropidodiscus pragensis Wagner p. 3554

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

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.

Tropidodiscus pragensis Horný 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:26:57
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:57:30
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Emsian or 413.02000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia Tropidodiscus pragensis (111226 type locality: 153832)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Prague) Tropidodiscus pragensis (56663)