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Katoptychia ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4613929	https://www.gbif.org/species/4613929
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	10003	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=10003

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Loxonematidae : Katoptychia

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Loxonematidae : Katoptychia

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	Orthogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
order	Murchisoniina	Cox and Knight 1960
superfamily	Loxonematoidea
family	Loxonematidae	Koken 1889
genus	Katoptychia	Perner 1907

Scientific Name

Katoptychia Perner, 1907

Name Published In

in Barrande, Syst. silur. centre Bohême, Rech. Pal., 4 (2)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Katoptychia	genus	belongs to Loxonematidae	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Katoptychia	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

416 - 408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

372 - 359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Loxonematidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Loxonematidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Perner. 1907. Gastéropodes, Tome 2: Pleurotomaridae et Murchisonidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Katoptychia alba ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Katoptychia fugitiva ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Katoptychia holynensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Loxonema enantiomorphum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	5	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	403 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Loxonema hallii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Cataptychia Cossmann, 1909	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Loxonematidae : *Cataptychia*
Catoptychia Cossmann, 1909	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Loxonematidae : *Catoptychia*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1907	Katoptychia Perner
1960	Katoptychia Knight et al. p. 311
2002	Katoptychia Sepkoski, Jr.

References

Perner J. (1907) , Gastéropodes, Tome 2: Pleurotomaridae et Murchisonidae, 1-380

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

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

Nomenclator Zoologicus (authority adjusted) - 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

in Barrande, Syst. silur. centre Bohême, Rech. Pal., 4 (2) - 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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