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Tropidodiscus vesculilineatus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Tropidodiscus vesculilineatus was named by Linsley (1968). It is not extant. Its type locality is Unit 1. East Wall of France Stone Company Quarry, which is in an Eifelian carbonate dolomite in the Lucas Formation of Ohio.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1968Tropidodiscus vesculilineatus Linsley
1995Tropidodiscus vesculilineatus Cook p. 430
2001Tropidodiscus vesculilineatus Heidelberger p. 32
2023Tropidodiscus vesculilineatus Wagner p. 2733

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

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.

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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: Eifelian or 393.47000 to 387.95000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Ohio) Tropidodiscus vesculilineatus (type locality: 102525)