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Discotomaria

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

Taxonomy
Discotomaria was named by Batten (1956) [Sepkoski's age data: C Step-l Tr Carn Sepkoski's reference number: 109,797]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); and to Phymatopleuridae by Knight et al. (1960), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1956Discotomaria Batten
1960Discotomaria Knight et al. p. 215
2002Discotomaria Sepkoski
2023Discotomaria Wagner p. G1112

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyPhymatopleuridae
genusDiscotomaria

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.

G. †Discotomaria Batten 1956
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Discotomaria basisulcata Batten 1956
Discotomaria costata Batten 1958
Discotomaria dubia Batten 1958
Discotomaria nodosa Batten 1958
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height393.281.595.643.340.892
shell diameter396.394.3510.06.531.47

Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: actively mobileo
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:40:01
Modified: 2024-02-04 19:53:32
Source: o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Asselian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 298.90000 to 254.14000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) D. basisulcata (202159)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) D. basisulcata (220898)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) D. nodosa (101773)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (New Mexico) D. nodosa (101771)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) D. basisulcata (43495 43513 81644) D. basisulcata, D. dubia (43515) D. basisulcata, D. dubia, D. costata (43491) D. nodosa (43496 43562)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Venezuela (Merida) D. basisulcata (41507)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) D. costata (43512 81693) D. nodosa (43551)
Roadian - Capitanian274.4 - 259.51China (Sichuan) D. xingwenensis (116224)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) D. sp. (43550)
Wuchiapingian259.51 - 254.14Australia (Queensland) D. sp. (107356)