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Alaskadiscus hunteri

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Temnodiscidae

Taxonomy
Oxydiscus hunteri was named by Cowper Reed (1921). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Alaskadiscus hunteri by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Oxydiscus hunteri Cowper Reed pp. 20 - 21 figs. pl. 4 f. 4-8
1921Oxydiscus hunteri Reed
2023Alaskadiscus hunteri Wagner p. 2878

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyTemnodiscidae
genusAlaskadiscus
specieshunteri(Cowper Reed 1921)

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.

†Alaskadiscus hunteri Cowper Reed 1921
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: slow-movingsuperf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalsuperf
Diet: detritivoresuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-04-11 12:27:18
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:08
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Harnagian to the top of the Burrellian or 458.20000 to 452.50000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Harnagian458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Oxydiscus hunteri (73131)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Oxydiscus hunteri (169263)