Beraunia Knight 1937 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae

Invalid subtaxa: Cyclotropis Perner 1903 [replaced name], Eucyclotropis Cossmann 1909 [replaced name], Euomphalus (Cyclotropis) Perner 1903 [replaced name], Rhabdospira Perner 1903 [replaced name]

Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1937. Genotype designations and new names for invalid homonyms among Paleozoic gastropod genera. Journal of Paleontology 11(6):709-714

Parent taxon: Oriostomatidae according to R. M. Linsley and W.M. Kier 1984

See also Knight 1937, Knight 1941, Knight et al. 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Spitz 1907

Sister taxa: Australonema, Cyclospongia, Didymalgia, Dohmella, Gemininodosa, Hecetastoma, Lineata, Morphotropis, Omphalonema, Oriomphalus, Oriostoma, Tophicola, Tubogyra

Subtaxa: Beraunia bifrons Beraunia bohemica Beraunia carens Beraunia detersa Beraunia docens Beraunia elliptica Beraunia indocilis Beraunia placida Beraunia querenda Beraunia severa Beraunia vellerosa Beraunia verna Cyclotropis vellerosa

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Type: Cyclotropis docens

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (1 collection)

• Silurian of the Czech Republic (6), United States (2: Alaska, California)

Total: 9 collections including 21 occurrences

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