Gyronema Ulrich and Scofield 1897 (snail)

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Lophospiridae

Alternative spellings: Cyclonema (Gyronema), Trochonema (Gyronema)

Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081

Parent taxon: Gyronematinae according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Bassler 1932, Bouchet et al. 2005, Knight et al. 1960, Perner 1907, Sepkoski 2002 and Wagner 1999

Sister taxa: Eunema, Klavlia

Subtaxa: Gyronema altispiralis Gyronema pulchellum Gyronema rotalineum Gyronema semicarinatum

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Type: Gyronema pulchellum

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of China (1 collection)

• Silurian of Canada (1: Northwest Territories), China (1), the Czech Republic (1), Estonia (1)

• Ordovician of Canada (3: Nunavut, Quebec), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (32: Alaska, Illinois, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Wisconsin)

Total: 44 collections including 63 occurrences

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