Poleumita octavia d'Orbigny 1850 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae

Alternative combinations: Gyronema octavia, Gyronema octavium, Turbo octavia

Invalid subtaxa: Cyclonema carinatum de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 [replaced name], Gyronema carinata de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 [replaced name], Poleumita carinata de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 [replaced name], Turbo carinatus de Sowerby and Murchison 1839 [replaced name]

Full reference: A. d'Orbigny. 1850. Prodrome du paléontologie stratigraphique universelle des animaux mollusques et rayonnés faisant suite au cours élémentaire de paléontologie et de géologie stratigraphique 1:1-392

Belongs to Poleumita according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also d'Orbigny 1850, de Sowerby and Murchison 1839, Donald 1905, Lindström 1884, Peel 1977, Peel and Yochelson 1976, Pitcher 1939 and Wagner 1999

Sister taxa: Poleumita alatum, Poleumita anabarica, Poleumita crenulata, Poleumita discors, Poleumita gyrans, Poleumita haliburtoni, Poleumita hudsonica, Poleumita incarinatus, Poleumita mashkovae, Poleumita myeri, Poleumita prosseri, Poleumita rugosa, Poleumita scamnata, Poleumita semiplanus, Poleumita subsulcatus, Poleumita vernonensis, Poleumita walmstedti, Polytropis spiralis, Polytropis lauterbergensis, Polytropis apicespiralis, Polytropis durhamensis, Polytropis wetterawiensis

Subtaxa: Cyclonema carinatum glabrum

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Norway (1 collection), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (1: California)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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