Discus

Salvador, Rodrigo B., 2014, The fossil land and freshwater snails of Gündlkofen (Middle Miocene, Germany), Zootaxa 3785 (2), pp. 271-287 : 279

publication ID	https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.3785.2.9
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6138836
persistent identifier	https://treatment.plazi.org/id/D047E409-B024-1313-FF02-01DEFF1ABCB8
treatment provided by	Plazi
scientific name	Discus
status

Treatment

Discus sp.

( Fig. 22)

Material examined. BSPG 1952 XVIII 41 (3 spcm.).

Description. Shell diminutive, discoid. Protoconch (~1¼ whorl) flat, smooth; transition to teleoconch clear. Teleoconch sculptured by fine but well-marked parallel prosocline ribs; distance among ribs equal to width of rib. Whorl profile convex. Suture well-marked. Whorls regularly growing.

Previous identification of the material. Gall (1980: Nr. 9): Discus sp.

Discussion. The material is very fragmentary, but a generic assignment is possible by the distinct shell shape and sculpture pattern. Moreover, the well-marked sculpture compare well with D. pleuradrus (Bourguignat) , a species widespread during the Middle and Upper Miocene of Central Europe ( Böttcher et al. 2009).

Paleoecological remarks. Recent European species live in damp woodlands or grasslands ( Welter-Schultes 2012).