Orthonema Meek and Worthen 1862 (snail)

Gastropoda - Caenogastropoda - Orthonematidae

Synonym: Geolcomia Licharev 1975

Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1862. Description of new Paleozoic fossils from Illinois and Iowa. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia 13:128-148

Parent taxon: Orthonematidae according to A. Nützel and C. Ketwetsuriya 2016

See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Knight et al. 1960, Licharev 1975, Mazaev 2002, Nützel 1998, Nützel and Bandel 2000, Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner 2023

Sister taxa: none

Subtaxa: Orthonema amissidecoris Orthonema ascensus Orthonema borovskensis Orthonema carbonaria Orthonema cerithioides Orthonema cochleoides Orthonema conspicuum Orthonema cortum Orthonema frequens Orthonema hulusitaiensis Orthonema illineatus Orthonema inornatum Orthonema knighti Orthonema laluzense Orthonema liratum Orthonema marvinwelleri Orthonema nakazawai Orthonema nebrascense Orthonema nonnullum Orthonema paedice Orthonema panxianensis Orthonema paulum Orthonema paxillus Orthonema perspicuum Orthonema pygmaeum Orthonema rectimurum Orthonema repandum Orthonema salteri Orthonema sayrei Orthonema semiornatum Orthonema silinae Orthonema simplex Orthonema socorroense Orthonema striatonodosum Orthonema strigatum Orthonema subtaeniatum Orthonema telescopiforme Orthonema tirusum Orthonema tricingulatum Orthonema youngianum

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Ecology: epifaunal

Distribution:

• Permian of Cambodia (1 collection), China (5), Greece (5), Japan (1), Kyrgyzstan (1), Malaysia (1), Mexico (1), Pakistan (1), Peru (1), the Russian Federation (6), Thailand (1), United States (35: Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (9)

• Carboniferous to Permian of China (1)

• Carboniferous of China (1), Morocco (1), the Russian Federation (8), United States (25: Kentucky, Missouri, Nebraska, New Mexico, Ohio, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming)

Total: 104 collections including 142 occurrences

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