Discohelix

Discohelix is a genus of extinct sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Discohelicidae.[1]

Discohelix
Discohelix tunisiensis from the Matmor Formation (Middle Jurassic) of southern Israel.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
(unranked):
clade Vetigastropoda
Superfamily:
† Porcellioidea
Family:
† Discohelicidae
Genus:
† Discohelix

Dunker, 1847

Species

The following species were brought into synonymy:[1]

  • Discohelix hedleyi Mestayer, 1916 accepted as Zerotula hedleyi (Mestayer, 1916)

The following species are alternate representation:[1]

  • Discohelix retifera Dall, 1892 represented as Pseudotorinia retifera (Dall, 1892) (alternate representation), in turn accepted as Pseudotorinia (an unresolved species complex).
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References
  1. Bouchet, P. (2015). Discohelix Dunker, 1847 †. In: MolluscaBase (2015). Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=536262 on 2016-12-04
  • Bieler R. (1993). "Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 30: 1-376.


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