Gastropods of the Lahn Basin Limestones: Hermannstein (Devonian of Germany)
Where: Hessen, Germany (50.6° N, 8.5° E: paleocoordinates 22.2° 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 38355: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 20.04.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
• Only gastropods reported.
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Gastropoda | |
Plagiothyra purpurea d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail | |
Murchisonia defrancei d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail | |
Palaeozygopleura kaupii Goldfuss 1844 snail | |
Clathronema reticulata Phillips 1841 snail
Loxonema wetzlariana n. sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail | |
Balbinipleura sextalineata n. sp., Coelozone hermannsteini n. sp., Odontomaria semiplicata, Euryzone delphinuloides, Devonorhineoderma lonsdalei, Champernownia wagneri n. sp., "Platyloron bischofii" = Platyloron bischoffii
Coelozone hermannsteini n. sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail
Odontomaria semiplicata Sandberger and Sandberger 1850 snail
Euryzone delphinuloides von Schlotheim 1820 snail
Devonorhineoderma lonsdalei d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
Champernownia wagneri n. sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail
"Platyloron bischofii" = Platyloron bischoffii Goldfuss 1844 snail | |
"Porcellia bifida" = Coloniacirrus bifida
"Porcellia bifida" = Coloniacirrus bifida Sandberger and Sandberger 1853 snail | |
"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) lineatus" = Bellerophon lineatus, Retispira elegans
"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) lineatus" = Bellerophon lineatus Dechen 1832 snail
Retispira elegans de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny 1840 snail | |
"Dohmella multistriata" = Dohmella multistriatus
"Dohmella multistriata" = Dohmella multistriatus Kirchner 1915 snail | |
Rhenomphalus rota Sandberger and Sandberger 1854 snail | |
"Straparollus laevis" = Philoxene laevis
"Straparollus laevis" = Philoxene laevis d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail | |
Nerrhena aequistriata Kirchner 1915 snail
Hessonia germana n. sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail
Hessonia piligera Sandberger and Sandberger 1855 snail |