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

Discotomaria costata

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae

Taxonomy
Discotomaria costata was named by Batten (1958). Its type specimen is USNM 133314 and is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Discotomaria costata Batten p. 216 figs. Pl 37, figs 24,25

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

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

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.

Discotomaria costata Batten 1958
show all | hide all
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height73.381.595.443.341.19
shell diameter76.034.508.276.361.24

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 Kungurian to the top of the Roadian or 279.30000 to 268.80000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3USA (Texas) Discotomaria costata (43491)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8USA (Texas) Discotomaria costata (43512 81693)