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Trochotoma (Discotoma)

Gastropoda - Trochotomidae

Taxonomy
Discotoma was named as a genus. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Trochotoma (Discotoma) by Tong and Erwin (2001).

It was assigned to Trochotoma by Tong and Erwin (2001); and to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2001Trochotoma (Discotoma) Tong and Erwin p. 15
2002Discotoma Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassVetigastropoda(Salvini-Plawen 1980)
superfamilyPleurotomarioidea(Swainson 1840)
familyTrochotomidaeCox 1960
genusTrochotomaEudes-Deslongchamps 1843
subgenusDiscotoma

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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Discotoma planoconvexa Yu et al. 1974
Trochotoma (Discotoma) gansuensis Tong and Erwin 2001
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available