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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	7851	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=7851

Rank

genus (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Tergomya : Archinacellida : Metoptomatidae : Calloconus

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	Tergomya	Horný 1965
order	Archinacellida
superfamily	Archinacelloidea
family	Metoptomatidae	Wenz 1938
genus	Calloconus	Perner 1903

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Calloconus	subgenus	belongs to Palaeoscurria	stated without evidence	Perner, 1903
Calloconus	genus	belongs to Archaeophialinae	stated with evidence	Knight and Yochelson, 1960
Calloconus	genus	belongs to Metoptomatidae	stated with evidence	Horný, 1963
Calloconus	genus	belongs to Archaeophialidae	stated without evidence	Starobogatov, 1970
Calloconus	genus	belongs to Scenellidae	stated with evidence	Runnegar and Jell, 1976
Calloconus	genus	belongs to Helcionelloida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Calloconus	genus	belongs to Metoptomatidae	stated with evidence	Wagner, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

416 - 408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

408 - 393 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Motility

actively mobile (based on Archinacellida)

Vision

blind (based on Tergomya)

Diet

grazer (based on Archinacellida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Perner. 1903. Gastéropodes, Tome 1: Patellidae et Bellerophontidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Calloconus avus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Calloconus concentrica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Calloconus coronata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Calloconus devonica ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	2	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Calloconus gibbosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Calloconus pompeckji ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Calloconus recta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Palaeoscurria (Calloconus) perneri ✝ species	listed (PBDB)

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1903	Calloconus Perner
1903	Palaeoscurria (Calloconus) Perner
1960	Calloconus Knight and Yochelson p. 79
1963	Calloconus Horný p. 58
1970	Calloconus Starobogatov p. 301
1976	Calloconus Runnegar and Jell p. 117
2002	Calloconus Sepkoski, Jr.
2020	Calloconus Wagner p. G452

References

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

Knight J. B., Yochelson E. L. (1960) Monoplacophora, Treatise on invertebrate paleontology. Part I. Mollusca 1 I 1, 77-84

Horný R. J. (1963) Lower Paleozoic Monoplacophora and pattelid Gastropoda (Mollusca) of Bohemia, Sbornik Ustredního Ústavuu Geologického oddíl Paleontologicky 28 1, 1-77

Starobogatov Y.I. (1970) Systematics of Early Paleozoic Monoplacophora, Paleontological Journal 10 3, 293-302

Runnegar B., Jell P.A. (1976) Australian Middle Cambrian molluscs and their bearing on early molluscan evolution, Alcheringa 1 1/2, 109-132

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

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

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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