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Eccyliopterus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4599584	https://www.gbif.org/species/4599584
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8452	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8452

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Lesueurillidae : Eccyliopterus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Lesueurillidae : Eccyliopterus

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
subclass	Eogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1996
order	Euomphalina	de Koninck 1881
superfamily	Euomphaloidea
family	Lesueurillidae	Wagner 1999
subfamily	Lesueurillinae	Wagner 1999
genus	Eccyliopterus	Remelé 1888

Scientific Name

Eccyliopterus Remelé, 1888

Name Published In

Z. Dtsch. Geol. Ges., 40

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Eccyliopterus	genus	belongs to Euomphalidae	stated with evidence	Ulrich and Scofield, 1897
Eccyliopterus	subgenus	belongs to Raphistoma	stated without evidence	Frech, 1911
Eccyliopterus	genus	subjective synonym of Ecculiomphalus	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Eccyliopterus	genus	belongs to Helicotominae	stated without evidence	Morris and Cleevely, 1981
Eccyliopterus	genus	belongs to Lesueurillinae	stated with evidence	Wagner, 1999
Eccyliopterus	genus	belongs to Euomphalina	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Eccyliopterus	genus	belongs to Lesueurillidae	stated with evidence	Frisk and Ebbestad, 2007
Eccyliopterus	genus	belongs to Lesueurillinae	stated with evidence	Wagner, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 472 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

461 - 450 Ma
Ordovician

Motility

stationary

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder

Ecospace Comments

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

Taphonomy

aragonite,minor ribbing

Primary Reference (PBDB)

A. Remelé. 1888. Ueber einige Glossophoren aus Untersilur-Geschieben des norddeutschen Diluviums. Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft 40:666-670

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Eccyliomphalus alatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	464 Ma Middle Ordovician	464 Ma Middle Ordovician
Eccyliomphalus septiferus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eccyliopterus abendanoni ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician
Eccyliopterus corniculum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Eccyliopterus declivis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	464 Ma Middle Ordovician	464 Ma Middle Ordovician
Eccyliopterus incresens ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Eccyliopterus kalmi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Eccyliopterus princeps species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Eccyliopterus regularis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		16	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Eccyliopterus septiferus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Eccyliopterus spirallum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euomphalus declivis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euomphalus incresens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Helicotoma vagrans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
Maclurea corniculum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Ophileta ottawaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Ophileta owenana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Raphistoma abendanoni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Raphistoma replicata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1888	Eccyliopterus Remelé
1897	Eccyliopterus Ulrich and Scofield
1911	Raphistoma (Eccyliopterus) Frech p. 12
1981	Eccyliopterus Morris and Cleevely
1999	Eccyliopterus Wagner p. 75
2002	Eccyliopterus Sepkoski, Jr.
2007	Eccyliopterus Frisk and Ebbestad p. 93
2017	Eccyliopterus Wagner p. S723

References

Remelé A. Ueber einige Glossophoren aus Untersilur-Geschieben des norddeutschen Diluviums, Zeitschrift der Deutschen geologischen Gesellschaft 40, 666-670

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

Frech F. (1911) Das Silur von China, von richtohofen's China 5, 1-14

Morris N.J., Cleevely R. J. (1981) Phanerotinus cristatus (Phillips) and the nature of euomphalacean gastropods, Molluscans, Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 35 3, 195-212

Wagner P. J. (1999) Phylogenetics of the earliest anisostrophically coiled gastropods, Smithsonian Contributions to Paleobiology 88, 1-132

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

Frisk Å. M., Ebbestad J. O. R. (2007) Paragastropoda, Tergomya and Gastropoda (Mollusca) from the Upper Ordovician Dalby Limestone, Sweden, Geologiskt Forum 129 2, 83-99

Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database

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

Z. Dtsch. Geol. Ges., 40 - 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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