Discohelix

Discohelix
Discohelix tunisiensis from the Matmor Formation (Middle Jurassic) of southern Israel.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Vetigastropoda
Order:	Pleurotomariida
Family:	†Discohelicidae
Genus:	†Discohelix Dunker, 1847

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

Species

The following species were brought into synonymy:

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

The following species are alternate representation:

• Discohelix retifera Dall, 1892 represented as Pseudotorinia retifera (Dall, 1892) (alternate representation), in turn accepted as Pseudotorinia (an unresolved species complex).

References

External links

• Bieler R. (1993). "Architectonicidae of the Indo-Pacific (Mollusca, Gastropoda)". Abhandlungen des Naturwissenschaftlichen Vereins in Hamburg (NF) 30: 1–376.

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