Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalocirridae

Alternative combinations: Coelocentrus goldfussi, Euomphalus goldfussi

Full reference: E. J. A. d’Archiac and E.P. de Verneuil. 1842. On the fossils of the older deposits in the Rhenish Provinces, preceded by a general survey of the fauna of the Palaeozoic rocks, and followed by a tabular list of the organic remains of the Devonian system in Europe. Transactions of the Geological Society of London, Series 2 6(3):303-410

Belongs to Omphalocirrus according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Blodgett and Johnson 1992, de Ryckholt 1860, d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842, Goldfuss 1844, Gubanov et al. 1995, Heidelberger 2001, Holzapfel 1895, Kirchner 1915, Knight 1941, Linsley 1973, Paeckelmann 1922, Pan and Cook 2003, Quenstedt 1884 and Yochelson 1966

Sister taxa: Omphalocirrus beyeri, Omphalocirrus carnicus, Omphalocirrus grandis, Omphalocirrus hoegeri, Omphalocirrus kaukensis, Omphalocirrus kindlei, Omphalocirrus manitobensis, Omphalocirrus northi, Omphalocirrus pulcher, Omphalocirrus spinosus, Hypomphalocirrus rugosus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Schwelm-Martfeld (Devonian of Germany)

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