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Salpingostoma ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3245272	https://www.gbif.org/species/3245272
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8374	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8374

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bucaniidae : Salpingostoma

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bucaniidae : Salpingostoma

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
order	Bellerophontida	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
suborder	Bellerophontina	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
superfamily	Bellerophontoidea
family	Bucaniidae	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
subfamily	Salpingostomatinae	Koken and Perner 1925
genus	Salpingostoma	Roemer 1876

Scientific Name

Salpingostoma Roemer, 1876

Name Published In

Lethaea Geogn., 1, Leth. Pal., pl

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Salpingostoma	genus	belongs to Bucaniidae	stated with evidence	Ulrich and Scofield, 1897
Salpingostoma	subgenus	belongs to Phragmostoma	stated without evidence	Perner, 1903
Salpingostoma	genus	belongs to Salpingostomatinae	stated with evidence	Koken and Perner, 1925
Salpingostoma	subgenus	belongs to Bellerophon	stated without evidence	Spriestersbach, 1925
Salpingostoma	genus	belongs to Salpingostomatides	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Salpingostoma	genus	belongs to Bucaniinae	stated with evidence	Peel, 1991
Salpingostoma	genus	belongs to Bellerophontida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Salpingostoma	genus	belongs to Salpingostomatinae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

470 - 464 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

433 - 431 Ma
Silurian

Motility

actively mobile (based on Bucaniidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

detritivore (based on Bucaniidae)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

C. F. Roemer. 1876. Lethaea geognostica oder Beschreibung und Abbildung der für die Gebirgs-Formationen bezeichnendsten Versteinerungen. I. Theil: Lethaea palaeozoica. Atlas

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Bellerophon (Salpingostoma) macrostomoides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Bellerophon canadensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Bellerophon compressum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bellerophon megalostoma ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	464 Ma Middle Ordovician	464 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bellerophon subtilistriatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bucania buelli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bucania expansa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bucania macera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Salpingostoma attavum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Salpingostoma billingsi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Salpingostoma boreale ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Salpingostoma buelli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		18	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Salpingostoma carnatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Salpingostoma carrolense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	464 Ma Middle Ordovician	464 Ma Middle Ordovician
Salpingostoma cristatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Salpingostoma depressum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Salpingostoma elevatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Salpingostoma expansa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		9	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Salpingostoma granulosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Salpingostoma imbricata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Salpingostoma infundibulum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Salpingostoma inornatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Salpingostoma involutum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Salpingostoma kentuckyense ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Salpingostoma kokeni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Salpingostoma lata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Salpingostoma locator ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Salpingostoma macrostomoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Salpingostoma martinssoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	439 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Salpingostoma nobile species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Salpingostoma orientalis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	443 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Salpingostoma richmondense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Salpingostoma richmondensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Salpingostoma sculptilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		9	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Salpingostoma shallochense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Salpingostoma subtilistriatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Salpingostoma terrilli ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	467 Ma Middle Ordovician	467 Ma Middle Ordovician
Salpingostoma verrucosum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Salpingostoma zaddachi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1876	Salpingostoma Roemer figs. pl. 5
1897	Salpingostoma Ulrich and Scofield
1903	Phragmostoma (Salpingostoma) Perner
1925	Salpingostoma Koken and Perner
1925	Bellerophon (Salpingostoma) Spriestersbach
1960	Salpingostoma Knight et al. p. 180

Year	Name and Author
1963	Salpingostoma Horný
1991	Salpingostoma Peel p. 89
1992	Salpingostoma Wahlman
2002	Salpingostoma Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Salpingostoma Bouchet et al. pp. 38, 241

References

Roemer C. F. , Lethaea geognostica oder Beschreibung und Abbildung der für die Gebirgs-Formationen bezeichnendsten Versteinerungen. I. Theil: Lethaea palaeozoica. Atlas

Ulrich E. O., Scofield W. H. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota, The Paleontology of Minnesota 39 2, 813-1081

Perner J. (1903) , Gastéropodes, Tome 1: Patellidae et Bellerophontidae, 1-164

Koken E., Perner J. (1925) , Die Gastropoden des baltischen Untersilurs, 1-324

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

Horný R. J. (1963) Lower Paleozoic Bellerophontina (Gastropoda) of Bohemia, Sborník Geologickych Ved 2, 57-164

Peel J. S. (1991) Salpingostomatiform and related bellerophontacean gastropods from Greenland and the Baltic region, Grønlands Geologiske Undersøgelse Bulletin 161, 67-116

Wahlman G.P. (1992) Middle and Upper Ordovician symmetrical univalved mollusks (Monoplacophora and Bellerophontina) of the Cincinnati Arch region, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066 O, 1-123

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Lethaea Geogn., 1, Leth. Pal., pl - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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