Temnodiscus orbiculus Lindström 1884 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Alternative combinations: Cyrtolites orbiculus, Oxydiscus orbiculus, Tropidodiscus orbiculus

Full reference: G. Lindström. 1884. The Silurian Gastropoda and Pteropoda of Gotland. Kongliga Svenska Vetenskaps-Akademiens Handlingasr 19:1-250

Belongs to Temnodiscus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Ebbestad and Yochelson 2000, Lindström 1884 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897

Sister taxa: Temnodiscus accola, Temnodiscus arrosus, Temnodiscus euryomphalus, Temnodiscus eximius, Temnodiscus fletcheri, Temnodiscus imbricatus, Temnodiscus ingricus, Temnodiscus lamellifer, Temnodiscus minuta, Temnodiscus nautilinus, Temnodiscus nitidula, Temnodiscus obliquus, Temnodiscus ogygiae, Temnodiscus parvus, Temnodiscus pharetroides, Temnodiscus pleurogonus, Temnodiscus salopiensis, Temnodiscus secans, Temnodiscus solitarius, Temnodiscus suecicus, Temnodiscus viator

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Temnodiscus orbiculus in the database

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