Elasmonema Fischer 1885 (snail)

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae

Invalid subtaxa: Callonema Hall 1879 [replaced name], Holopea (Callonema) Hall 1879 [replaced name]

Full reference: P. Fischer. 1885. Manuel de conchyliologie et de paléontologie conchyliologique, ou histoire naturelle des molluscques vivants et fossiles. Fasc. VIII 1-1369

Parent taxon: Elasmonematidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

See also Fischer 1885, Knight et al. 1960, Sepkoski 2002 and Whitfield 1882

Sister taxa: Anematina, Discordichilus, Hawletrochus, Heidelbergeria, Kimina, Kyndalynia, Streptotrochus

Subtaxa: Callonema occidentalis Elasmonema amabile Elasmonema bellatula Elasmonema clarki Elasmonema corrugata Elasmonema elegans Elasmonema filosum Elasmonema gracilis Elasmonema hermitei Elasmonema imitator Elasmonema improbum Elasmonema lichas Elasmonema rotundum Elasmonema surgens

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Type: Loxonema bellatula

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of United States (1: North Carolina collection)

• Carboniferous of United States (1: Arizona)

• Devonian of Austria (1), Canada (4: Northwest Territories, Ontario, Quebec), the United Kingdom (1), United States (11: Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, New York, Ohio)

• Silurian of the Czech Republic (1)

Total: 20 collections including 25 occurrences

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