Gastropods of the Lahn Basin Limestones: Hahnstaetten (lagoon) (Devonian of Germany)

Also known as Hahnstaetten (Lagune)

Where: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (50.3° N, 8.1° E: paleocoordinates 22.6° S, 8.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bücheler Formation, Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: 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 38359: 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
 Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Macrochilina naticaeformis n. sp.
Macrochilina naticaeformis n. sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail
 Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Buechelia goldfussi, Euryzone delphinuloides
Buechelia goldfussi Schlüter 1894 snail
given as Büchelia
Euryzone delphinuloides von Schlotheim 1820 snail
 Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
"Murchisonia spinacavus n. sp." = Wuxuanella spinacavus, Murchisonia hibernica n. sp., Murchisonia bilineata, Murchisonia angustetaeniata, Devonocerithioides whidborni
"Murchisonia spinacavus n. sp." = Wuxuanella spinacavus Heidelberger 2001 snail
Murchisonia hibernica n. sp. snail
Murchisonia bilineata Dechen 1832 snail
Murchisonia angustetaeniata Paeckelmann 1922 snail
Devonocerithioides whidborni Frýda 2000 snail
 Murchisoniina - Cheeneetnukiidae
"Murchisonia spinosa" = Cheeneetnukia spinosa, "Murchisonia bicoronata" = Ulungaratoconcha bicoronata
"Murchisonia spinosa" = Cheeneetnukia spinosa Phillips 1841 snail
"Murchisonia bicoronata" = Ulungaratoconcha bicoronata Paeckelmann 1922 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Paffrathopsis subcostata
Paffrathopsis subcostata Dechen 1832 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) lineatus" = Bellerophon lineatus
"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) lineatus" = Bellerophon lineatus Dechen 1832 snail
 Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Astralites sublimbatus
Astralites sublimbatus d'Orbigny 1850 snail
 Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
Nodinella sterrmannia n. sp.
Nodinella sterrmannia n. sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Naticonoda prieuri n. sp.
Naticonoda prieuri n. sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail