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

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Taxonomic list

• Only gastropods reported.
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Gastropoda
 Euomphalina -
Rhenomphalus rota
Rhenomphalus rota Sandberger and Sandberger 1854 snail
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Straparollus laevis" = Philoxene laevis
"Straparollus laevis" = Philoxene laevis d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
 Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
"Dohmella multistriata" = Dohmella multistriatus
"Dohmella multistriata" = Dohmella multistriatus Kirchner 1915 snail
 Euomphalina - Nerrhenidae
Nerrhena aequistriata, Hessonia germana n. sp., Hessonia piligera
Nerrhena aequistriata Kirchner 1915 snail
Hessonia germana n. sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail
Hessonia piligera Sandberger and Sandberger 1855 snail
 Neritoina - Plagiothyridae
Plagiothyra purpurea
Plagiothyra purpurea d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) lineatus" = Bellerophon lineatus, Retispira elegans
"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) lineatus" = Bellerophon lineatus Dechen 1832 snail
Retispira elegans de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny 1840 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Murchisonia defrancei
Murchisonia defrancei d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Balbinipleura sextalineata n. sp., Devonorhineoderma lonsdalei, Champernownia wagneri n. sp., "Platyloron bischofii" = Platyloron bischoffii, Euryzone delphinuloides, Odontomaria semiplicata, Coelozone hermannsteini n. sp.
Balbinipleura sextalineata n. sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail
[entered as Balbinipleura sextilineata]
Devonorhineoderma lonsdalei d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
Champernownia wagneri n. sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail
"Platyloron bischofii" = Platyloron bischoffii Goldfuss 1844 snail
Euryzone delphinuloides von Schlotheim 1820 snail
Odontomaria semiplicata Sandberger and Sandberger 1850 snail
Coelozone hermannsteini n. sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail
 Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae
"Porcellia bifida" = Coloniacirrus bifida
"Porcellia bifida" = Coloniacirrus bifida Sandberger and Sandberger 1853 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Clathronema reticulata, Loxonema wetzlariana n. sp.
Clathronema reticulata Phillips 1841 snail
Loxonema wetzlariana n. sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail
 Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae
Palaeozygopleura kaupii
Palaeozygopleura kaupii Goldfuss 1844 snail