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Tropidodiscus antarcticus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Tropidocyclus antarcticus was named by Clarke (1913) [Tropidocyclus? antarcticus Clarke 1913]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Tropidodiscus antarcticus by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Tropidocyclus antarcticus Clarke pp. 174 - 175 figs. pl. 9 f. 8-10
2023Tropidodiscus antarcticus Wagner p. 4773

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

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: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available