MolluscaBase taxon details
Trocholitidae E. J. Chapman, 1857 †
1760844 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1760844)
accepted
Family
Discoceratidae Hyatt, 1894 † · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Discoceratidae Dzik, 1984 † · unaccepted > junior homonym
- Genus Curtoceras Ulrich, Foerste, A. K. Miller & Furnish, 1942 †
- Genus Discoceras Barrande, 1867 †
- Genus Eurystomites H. Schröder, 1891 †
- Genus Litoceras Hyatt, 1883 †
- Genus Trocholites Conrad, 1838 †
- Genus Trocholitoceras Hyatt, 1894 †
- Genus Graftonoceras Foerste, 1925 † accepted as Discoceras Barrande, 1867 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Palaeonautilus Remelé, 1880 † accepted as Trocholites Conrad, 1838 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
- Genus Schroederoceras Hyatt, 1894 † accepted as Discoceras Barrande, 1867 † (unaccepted > junior subjective synonym)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Chapman, E. J. (1857). On the occurrence of the genus <i>Cryptoceras</i> in Silurian rocks. <em>Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art, new series.</em> 2: 264-268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39150124
page(s): 265 [details]
page(s): 265 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Trocholitidae E. J. Chapman, 1857 †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1760844 on 2026-04-11
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original description
Chapman, E. J. (1857). On the occurrence of the genus <i>Cryptoceras</i> in Silurian rocks. <em>Canadian Journal of Industry, Science and Art, new series.</em> 2: 264-268., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39150124
page(s): 265 [details]
original description (of Discoceratidae Hyatt, 1894 †) Hyatt, A. (1894). Phylogeny of an acquired characteristic [in the shells of Cephalopoda, and chiefly the Nautiloidea]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 32: 349-647., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29884585
page(s): 499 [details]
basis of record Aubrechtová, M.; Turek, V.; Manda, Š. (2023). The tarphyceratid cephalopod Trocholites in the Middle-Late Ordovician of the Prague Basin – the Baltican element in peri-Gondwana. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 68 (3): 529–538., available online at https://doi.org/10.4202/app.01088.2023
page(s): 532 [details]
page(s): 265 [details]
original description (of Discoceratidae Hyatt, 1894 †) Hyatt, A. (1894). Phylogeny of an acquired characteristic [in the shells of Cephalopoda, and chiefly the Nautiloidea]. <em>Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society.</em> 32: 349-647., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/29884585
page(s): 499 [details]
basis of record Aubrechtová, M.; Turek, V.; Manda, Š. (2023). The tarphyceratid cephalopod Trocholites in the Middle-Late Ordovician of the Prague Basin – the Baltican element in peri-Gondwana. <em>Acta Palaeontologica Polonica.</em> 68 (3): 529–538., available online at https://doi.org/10.4202/app.01088.2023
page(s): 532 [details]
