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Elasmonema bellatula

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Elasmonematidae

Taxonomy
Loxonema bellatula was named by Hall (1861). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Elasmonema, Callonema.

It was recombined as Isonema bellatula by Meek and Worthen (1867), Meek and Worthen (1868), Hall and Whitfield (1875) and Hall (1876); it was recombined as Callonema bellatula by Hall (1879) and Kindle (1900); it was recombined as Elasmonema bellatulum by Fischer (1885), Knight (1941) and Fagerstrom (1961); it was recombined as Callonema bellatulum by Clarke (1908); it was recombined as Elasmonema bellatula by Pitcher (1939), Frýda and Bandel (1997) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1861Loxonema bellatula Hall p. 104 figs. pl. 4 f. 4-5
1867Isonema bellatula Meek and Worthen p. 252
1868Isonema bellatula Meek and Worthen p. 443
1875Isonema bellatula Hall and Whitfield figs. pl. 13 f. 12
1876Isonema bellatula Hall figs. pl. 14
1879Callonema bellatula Hall pp. 50-51 figs. pl. 14 f. 10-15
1885Elasmonema bellatulum Fischer p. 778
1900Callonema bellatula Kindle p. 698
1908Callonema bellatulum Clarke p. 228 figs. pl. 15 f. 8
1939Elasmonema bellatula Pitcher p. 114
1941Elasmonema bellatulum Knight p. 110 figs. pl. 52 f. 5a-c
1961Elasmonema bellatulum Fagerstrom p. 38 figs. pl. 12 f. 28
1997Elasmonema bellatula Frýda and Bandel p. 6
2023Elasmonema bellatula Wagner p. 781

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyEuomphaloidea()
familyElasmonematidaeKnight 1956
genusElasmonema
speciesbellatula()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Elasmonema bellatula Hall 1861
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available