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Helicotomidae

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Helicotomidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Helicotomidae Knight et al. p. 189
1975Helicotomidae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 208
1981Helicotomidae Morris and Cleevely
1999Helicotomidae Wagner
2002Helicotomidae Kosnik p. 189
2003Helicotomidae Jeffery
2005Helicotomidae Bouchet et al. p. 241

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyEuomphaloidea()
familyHelicotomidae()
familyHelicotomidae()

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.

Fm. †Helicotomidae Wenz 1938
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G. †Amphelissa Etheridge 1921
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†Amphelissa carinatum Heidecker 1959
†Amphelissa isisensis Etheridge, Jr. 1921
G. †Boucotspira Rohr 1980
G. †Boucotspira Rohr 1980
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†Boucotspira carinifer Koken 1896
†Boucotspira fimbriata Rohr 1980
†Boucotspira lamellosus Lindström 1884
†Boucotspira ordovicus Longstaff 1924
†Boucotspira ozawai Kobayashi 1930
†Boucotspira wisbyensis Lindström 1884
G. †Helicotoma Salter 1859
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†Helicotoma blodgetti Rohr 1988
†Helicotoma brocki Foerste 1912
†Helicotoma declivis Safford 1869
†Helicotoma gorgonea Billings 1865
†Helicotoma granosa Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Helicotoma marginata Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Helicotoma miser Billings 1865
†Helicotoma missouriensis Branson 1909
†Helicotoma oriens Perner 1903
†Helicotoma planulata Salter 1859
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†Helicotoma planulatoides Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Helicotoma proserpina Billings 1865
†Helicotoma robinsoni Rohr 1988
†Helicotoma robusta Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Helicotoma subquadrata Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Helicotoma superba Koken 1897
†Helicotoma tennesseensis Safford 1869
†Helicotoma tritonia Billings 1865
†Helicotoma umbilicata Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Helicotoma verticalis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Helicotoma whiteavesiana Raymond 1908
G. †Lophonema Purdue and Miser 1916
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†Lophonema abrupta Billings 1859
†Lophonema calphurnia Billings 1865
†Lophonema circumlirata Whitfield 1886
†Lophonema costata Kobayashi 1959
†Lophonema frydai Rohr 1994
†Lophonema peccatonica Sardeson 1896
†Lophonema perstriata Billings 1859
†Lophonema taneyensis Cullison 1944
†Lophonema tricarinata Billings 1859
†Lophonema wuhuensis Endo 1935
Invalid names: Polhemia Cullison 1944 [synonym], Walcottoma Rohr 1994 [synonym]
G. †Ophiletina Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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†Ophiletina angularis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Ophiletina bromidensis Rohr and Johns 1990
†Ophiletina fausta Sardeson 1896
†Ophiletina shokoriense Kobayashi 1930
†Ophiletina sublaxa Ulrich and Scofield 1897
G. †Palaeomphalus Koken and Perner 1925
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†Palaeomphalus glabra Koken and Perner 1925
†Palaeomphalus obtusangulus Angelin and Lindström 1880
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Invalid names: Palaeomphalus gradata Koken 1896 [synonym], Palaeomphalus immigrata Koken and Perner 1925 [synonym], Palaeomphalus laminosus Koken 1897 [synonym]
†Palaeomphalus olsoni Rohr 1980
G. †Paraviviana Kutassy 1940
G. †Yochelsoniella Rohr and Huddleston 1982
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Invalid names: Ellisella Rohr 1980 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 19:53:51
Modified: 2009-06-11 21:53:51
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Stairsian to the top of the Garantiana or 483.40000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections (186 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Ordovician486.85 - 471.3USA (Texas) Polhemia sp. (293)
Jeffersonian486.85 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Helicotoma proserpina, Helicotoma tritonia (100029)
Stairsian483.4 - 481.7United Kingdom (Scotland) Oriostoma calphurnia (188684)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3Canada (Newfoundland and Labrador) Polhemia taneyensis (56152 56153)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Vermont) Euomphalus circumliratus (154944)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3USA (Missouri) Helicotoma sp., Polhemia n. sp. #6, Lophonema n. sp. #1 (75557) Helicotoma sp., Polhemia sp., Polhemia n. sp. #2 (64612) Lophonema indet., Lophonema n. sp. #2, Lophonema n. sp. #1, Helicotoma n. sp. (75545) Lophonema indet., Polehemia n. sp. #5, Polhemia ? n. sp. #1, Lophonema n. sp. #1 (75521) Lophonema indet., Polehemia sp., Polhemia n. sp. #5, Polhemia n. sp. #4, Polhemia n. sp. #1, Lophonema n. sp. #2, Lophonema n. sp. #1 (75551) Lophonema indet., Polhemia indet., Polhemia n. sp. #1, H. sp., Polhemia n. sp. #3, Polhemia n. sp., Lophonema n. sp. #2, Lophonema n. sp. #1 (75519) Lophonema indet., Polhemia indet., Polhemia n. sp. #3, Lophonema n. sp. #1 (75525) Lophonema indet., Polhemia indet., Polhemia n. sp. #5, Polhemia n. sp. #1, Lophonema n. sp. #1 (75523) Lophonema indet., Polhemia indet., Polhemia n. sp., Helicotomidae indet., Polhemia n. sp. #6, Polhemia n. sp. #3, Lophonema n. sp. #2 (75552) Lophonema indet., Polhemia n. sp. #6, Polhemia n. sp. #4, Polhemia n. sp. #2, Lophonema n. sp. #1, Helicotoma n. sp. (75543) Lophonema indet., Polhemia n. sp., Polhemia n. sp. #1, Lophonema n. sp. #1 (75520) Lophonema n. sp. #1 (75578) Lophonema sp., Polhemia indet. (75550) Polhemia indet., Helicotoma n. sp., Lophonema n. sp. #1 (75559) Polhemia indet., Helicotoma n. sp., Polhemia n. sp. #3, Lophonema n. sp. #2 (75556) Polhemia indet., H. sp., Helicotoma sp., Polhemia n. sp. #6, Polhemia n. sp. #4, Polhemia n. sp. #2, Polhemia n. sp. #1, Lophonema n. sp. #2, Lophonema n. sp. #1 (75547) Polhemia indet., Lophonema sp., Polhemia n. sp. #3, Polhemia n. sp. #1 (75561) Polhemia indet., Polhemia n. sp. #1, Lophonema n. sp. #1 (75555) Polhemia n. sp. #2 (75524) Polhemia n. sp. #3, Lophonema n. sp. #1 (75522) Polhemia taneyensis (56433 56513 56515)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3Greenland Helicotoma indet. (122083)
Cassinian483.4 - 471.3Canada (Quebec) Helicotoma perstriata, Trochonema abruptum (56565) Trochonema tricarinatum (56564)
Tulean - Blackhillsian481.7 - 471.3USA (Nevada) Helicotoma sp. (77186)
Arenig477.1 - 468.0Greenland Helicotoma indet. (122080 122082 122088 122089)
Arenigian477.1 - 468.0USA (Virginia) Lophonema sp. (6980)
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3USA (Nevada) Helicotoma sp. (104459)
Rangerian471.3 - 470.3Greenland Helicotoma sp. indet. (174317) Lophonema taneyensis, Boucotspira antelopensis (174316)
Middle Ordovician471.3 - 458.2USA (Alaska) Helicotoma sp. (101857)
Chazyan471.3 - 457.3Canada (Quebec) Helicotoma sp. (310) Helicotoma umbilicata (172355) Helicotoma whiteavesiana (155416)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Virginia) Helicotoma sp. (6984 7102)
Whiterockian471.3 - 457.3USA (Nevada) Oriostoma indet. (14232) Trochonema sp. (104449) Trochonemella antelopensis (14238) Walcottoma frydai, Trochonemella antelopensis (14229)
Fennian470.7 - 468.0Malaysia (Palau Lankawi Island) Helicotoma costata (56168)
Sarka469.4 - 463.3Czechia Helicotoma oriens (3857)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2China (Liaoning) Helicotoma wuhuensis (119294)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Australia (Queensland) Helicotoma sp. (77521 77755 77760)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2Australia (Northern Territory) Helicotoma sp. (77523)
Darriwilian469.4 - 458.2North Korea Ophiletina shokoriense, Trochonema ozawai (155060)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2USA (Virginia) Ophiletina sp., Helicotoma indet. (33444 33445) Ophiletina sp., Helicotoma sp. (33446 33447 33448)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2South Korea (Kangwon-do) Helicotoma sp. (56171)
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.2China (GanSu) Helicotoma sp. (20765)
Early/Lower Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2Norway Helicotoma sp. (2950)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2China (GanSu) Ophiletina sp. (8556)
Llandeilo461.1 - 458.2USA (California) Ophiletina sublaxa (56190)
Harnagian458.2 - 457.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Euomphalopterus ordovicus (72413)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Virginia) Helicotoma granosa (34277 34279 34281 34324 34326 34327 34328) Helicotoma verticalis (34272 34273 34276)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Georgia) Helicotoma tennesseensis (33182 33186 33188)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (California) Boucotspira fimbriata (69215 69221 69231 69235) Boucotspira fimbriata, Helicotoma griffinorum (69234) Boucotspira fimbriata, Ophiletina sublaxa (69229) Helicotoma griffinorum (69224) Helicotoma griffinorum, Ophiletina sublaxa (69228)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Wisconsin) Ophiletina sp. (55474) Ophiletina sublaxa (55651)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5Canada (Ontario) Helicotoma sp. (26274)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Illinois) Helicotoma umbilicata, Ophiletina sublaxa (88007)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Ontario) Helicotoma planulata (26175 26188 185429 185460 185474 185475) Helicotoma sp., Helicotoma planulata (26174)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Missouri) Helicotoma planulata (181091) Helicotoma tennesseensis, Helicotoma missouriensis (175724)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (British Columbia) Ophiletina angularis (192179)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Indiana) Ophiletina sublaxa (104277)
Mohawkian457.3 - 451.0USA (Minnesota) Ophiletina angularis (167563)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Helicotoma declivis, Helicotoma subquadrata, Helicotoma tennesseensis, Ophiletina sublaxa (5327)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Helicotoma declivis, Helicotoma tennesseensis, Ophiletina sublaxa (33544 33545 33546 33547)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Ophileta fausta (23081 23085 23555)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois) Helicotoma planulata (155374)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Helicotoma planulata, Helicotoma planulata (63816)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Oklahoma) Oriostoma bromidensis (13814)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Helicotoma planulata, Ophiletina sublaxa (23614 23615 23617 23619 23620) Ophileta fausta (23612)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Helicotoma planulata (55999 100354 156592)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Wisconsin) Helicotoma planulata (98349) Helicotoma umbilicata (154948)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Helicotoma planulata, Ophiletina sublaxa (23557)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Helicotoma planulata, Ophiletina sublaxa (23621)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Helicotoma planulata (26192)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6Canada (Quebec) Helicotoma planulata (154703)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Helicotoma granosa, Helicotoma planulatoides (5346)
Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Helicotoma planulatoides (87737 87739)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Helicotoma planulata, Ophiletina sublaxa (23558)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Ophiletina angularis (23659 23664 23667 23668 23670)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Ophiletina angularis (23092 23584)
Burrellian456.6 - 452.5United Kingdom (Scotland) Boucotspira ordovicus (78001 169263)
Keila453.9 - 452.8Norway (Oslo) Helicotoma immigrata (155363)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Sweden (Dalarne) Straparollus obtusangulus (73411)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Sweden (Dalarna) Euomphalus obtusangulus (155566)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0Canada (Ontario) Helicotoma planulata (26270) Helicotoma sp. (26273)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Minnesota) Ophiletina sublaxa (194137)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Ophiletina angularis, Ophiletina sublaxa (23678) Ophiletina sublaxa (23679 23680)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Ophiletina angularis, Ophiletina sublaxa (23588) Ophiletina sublaxa (23597)
Edenian - Maysvillian451.0 - 449.6Canada (Nunavut) Ophileta compacta (99702)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Estonia (Harju) Palaeomphalus gradata (87298)
Maysvillian - Richmondian450.2 - 445.5USA (Colorado) Helicotoma sp. (10338)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia (Lääne) Boucotspira carinifer (87307)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia (Harju) Euomphalus laminosus (156588)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Michigan) Helicotoma brocki (26313 26314)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Alaska) Euomphalopterus alatus (49348) Euomphalopterus sp. (49341) Helicotoma blodgetti (49347) Helicotoma blodgetti, Helicotoma robinsoni (49346)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) Helicotoma marginata (101552)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Helicotoma brocki, Helicotoma planulata (172788)
Richmondian - Ashgill449.6 - 443.1USA (Ohio) Helicotoma sp. (394)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2China (Shaanxi) Helicotoma sp. (8538)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Estonia (Lääne) Boucotspira carinifer (168719)
Pirgu449.5 - 445.2Norway (Ringerike) Euomphalopterus carinifer (154605)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (California) Boucotspira fimbriata, Helicotoma griffinorum, Helicotoma olsoni (69225)
Pirgu - Porkuni449.5 - 443.1Sweden (Dalarne) Palaeomphalus gradata (73407)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (England) Euomphalus subsulcatus (161737)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Euomphalopterus ordovicus (73134)
Porkuni445.2 - 443.1Estonia (Lääne-Viru) Helicotoma superba, Palaeomphalus gradata (87313)
Sheinwoodian432.9 - 430.6Sweden (Gotland) Trochus lamellosus (4661) Trochus visbyensis (13594) Trochus wisbyensis (4010) Trochus wisbyensis, Trochus lamellosus (154965)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31Australia (Queensland) Austerum carinatum (7189 66489)
Subfurcatum - Garantiana170.9 - 168.2Hungary Paraviviana sp. (151886)