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Elasmonema ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3245342	https://www.gbif.org/species/3245342
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8771	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8771

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Elasmonematidae : Elasmonema

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Elasmonematidae : Elasmonema

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	Elasmonematidae	Knight 1956
genus	Elasmonema	Fischer 1885

Scientific Name

Elasmonema Fischer, 1885

Name Published In

Man. Conch.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Elasmonema	genus	belongs to Elasmonematidae	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Elasmonema	genus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Elasmonema	genus	belongs to Elasmonematidae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

423 - 419 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

83.6 - 72.1 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Motility

stationary (based on Euomphaloidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Euomphaloidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

P. Fischer. 1885. Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des molluscques vivants et fossiles. Fasc. VIII

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Callonema amabile ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	423 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Callonema clarki ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Callonema filosum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Callonema gracilis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Callonema improbum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Callonema surgens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	423 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Elasmonema bellatula ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Elasmonema rotundum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Littorina hermitei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Loxonema bellatula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Loxonema elegans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Platyostoma lichas ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Pleurotomaria imitator ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Straparollus corrugatus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Callonema Hall, 1879	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Trochida : Elasmonematidae : *Callonema*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1879	Callonema Hall p. 50
1882	Holopea (Callonema) Whitfield p. 72
1885	Elasmonema Fischer p. 42
1960	Elasmonema Knight et al. p. 243
2002	Elasmonema Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Elasmonema Bouchet et al. pp. 70, 245

References

Fischer P. , Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des molluscques vivants et fossiles. Fasc. VIII, 1-1369

Hall J. Containing descriptions of the Gasteropoda, Pteropoda, and Cephalopoda of the Upper Helderberg, Hamilton, Portage, and Chemung Groups, Natural History of New York, Paleontology 5 2, 1-492

Whitfield R. P. On the fauna of the Lower Carboniferous limestones of Spergen Hill, Indiana, with a revision of the descriptions of its Fossils hitherto published, and illustrations of the species from the original type series, American Museum of Natural History Bulletin 1, 39-97

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

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

Man. Conch. - 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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