Gastropods of the Lahn Basin Limestones: Arfurt (Devonian of Germany)

Where: Hessen, Germany (50.4° N, 8.2° E: paleocoordinates 22.5° S, 8.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and reef rocks

• Deposits intimately associated with reefs. Outcrop belt of Lahn Basin trends SW-NE.
• "Massenkalk" and "Riffkalk"

Primary reference: D. Heidelberger. 2001. Mitteldevonische (Givetische) Gastropoden (Mollusca) aus der Lahnmulde (suedliches Rheinisches Schiefergebirge). Geologische Abhandlungen Hessen 106:1-291 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38354: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 20.04.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Only gastropods reported.
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Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Nerrhenidae
Hessonia piligera
Hessonia piligera Sandberger and Sandberger 1855 snail
 Euomphalina - Microdomatidae
"Limburgia squamifer" = Limburgia squamiferus
"Limburgia squamifer" = Limburgia squamiferus d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Straparollus laevis" = Philoxene laevis, Straparollus planus n. sp.
"Straparollus laevis" = Philoxene laevis d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
Straparollus planus n. sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail
 Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
Delphinuella subarmata
Delphinuella subarmata Sandberger and Sandberger 1854 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Paffrathopsis lirata
Paffrathopsis lirata Sandberger 1842 snail
 Neritoina - Plagiothyridae
Plagiothyra purpurea
Plagiothyra purpurea d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
"? Naticopsis (Naticopsis) convoluta n. sp." = Naticopsis convoluta
"? Naticopsis (Naticopsis) convoluta n. sp." = Naticopsis convoluta Heidelberger 2001 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) lineatus" = Bellerophon lineatus
"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) lineatus" = Bellerophon lineatus Dechen 1832 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Murchisonia defrancei
Murchisonia defrancei d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Devonorhineoderma orbignyana, Devonorhineoderma lonsdalei, Devonorhineoderma beaumonti, "Arfurtia euomphalus" = Bicarina euomphalus
Devonorhineoderma orbignyana d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
Devonorhineoderma lonsdalei d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
Devonorhineoderma beaumonti d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
"Arfurtia euomphalus" = Bicarina euomphalus Sandberger and Sandberger 1853 snail
 Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae
"Antitrochus nodulosus" = Agnesia nodulosa
"Antitrochus nodulosus" = Agnesia nodulosa Sandberger 1842 snail