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Tropidodiscus carnicus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Zonidiscus carnicus was named by Spitz (1907). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Light Gray Riffskalk, Judenköpf, im Westen des Coglians, Carnic Alps, which is in a Pragian carbonate limestone in the Grau Riffkalk Formation of Austria.

It was recombined as Tropidodiscus carnicus by Jhaveri (1969), Heidelberger (2001), Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Zonidiscus carnicus Spitz p. 125 figs. pl. 11 f. 5a-b, ?10
1969Tropidodiscus carnicus Jhaveri p. 156 figs. pl. 20 f. 8-9
2001Tropidodiscus carnicus Heidelberger p. 32
2023Tropidodiscus carnicus Wagner p. 467

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

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 carnicus Spitz 1907
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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

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

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Austria (Styrian) Zonidiscus carnicus (157679)
Late/Upper Emsian399.5 - 393.47Austria Tropidodiscus carnicus (26224 26226 26237)