PBDB Taxon

Basic info	Taxonomic history	Classification	Included Taxa
Morphology	Ecology and taphonomy	External Literature Search	Age range and collections

Discohelix radiata

Gastropoda - Discohelicidae

Taxonomy

Euomphalus radiatus was named by Phillips (1841). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Discohelix radiata by Koken (1896).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

D. cooki, D. cotswaldiae, D. didimtuensis, D. douvillei, D. dundriensis, D. elegantulum, D. martinianum, D. parvanodosa, D. planus, D. pontileviensis, D. pulchior, D. pulchrior, D. subaequalis, D. thevenini, D. sinistra, D. sinsitra, D. subequalis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1832	Euomphalus radiatus Goldfuss
1841	Euomphalus radiatus Phillips p. 532
1895	Euomphalus radiatus Holzapfel pp. 191 - 192, 258 figs. pl. 25 f. 6-8
1896	Discohelix radiata Koken p. 510

Is something missing? Join the Paleobiology Database and enter the data

Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Vetigastropoda	(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamily	Cirroidea
family	Discohelicidae	Schröder 1995
genus	Discohelix	Dunker 1847
species	radiata	(Phillips 1841)

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.

†Discohelix radiata Phillips 1841

show all | hide all

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilesupero

Life habit:

epifaunalsupero

Diet:

grazersupero

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 08:55:39

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:55:39

Source: supero = superorder, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Collections

No collection or age range data are available