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).

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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