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