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Omphalocirrus grandis

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalocirridae

Taxonomy
Arctomphalus grandis was named by Tolmachoff (1930). Its type specimen is PM A 19229, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Vestre Börgen, east shore of Goose Fjord. Ellesmere Island, which is in an Emsian carbonate limestone in the Disappointment Bay Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Arctomphalus.

It was recombined as Omphalocirrus grandis by Gubanov et al. (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Arctomphalus grandis Tolmachoff p. 49 figs. pl. 4 f. 1-2; pl. 5 f. 1
1941Arctomphalus grandis Knight p. 45 figs. pl. 68 f. 2a-b
1966Arctomphalus grandis Yochelson pp. 38 - 40 figs. pl. 1 f. 1, 6; pl. 2 f. 1-2
1995Omphalocirrus grandis Gubanov et al. p. 433

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyEuomphaloidea()
familyOmphalocirridaeWenz 1938
genusOmphalocirrus
speciesgrandis()

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.

Omphalocirrus grandis Tolmachoff 1930
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Knight 1941Large, discoidal, coiled gastropods with a flat spire, wide umbilicus, and a series of probably spine-like nodes on the lower surface9; whorl profile very gently arched above, strongly rounded on the outer whorl face, and falling sharply inward as the base is approached; base of the whorls strongly rounded; upper sutures seemingly not deep, lower sutures sharply incised, moderately deep; apertural margins unknown though seemingly the nodes occupying the crest of the arbitrarily chosen base of the whorls indicate an intermittent notch-keel; ornamentation moderately strong, even transverse lirae on the base of the earlier whorls, the course of the lirae interrupted by the basal nodes, ornamentation of the later whorls and of the upper surface unknown; nucleus unknown; shell rather thin, its structure unknown. The holotype measures about 65 mm. in height (thickness) and about 230 mm. in diameter.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Polymorph: yesg
Locomotion: stationaryg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-08-14 12:24:19
Modified: 2004-08-15 00:06:59
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Wagner 2023

Age range: Emsian or 410.62000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Canada (Northwest Territories) Arctomphalus grandis (56276 56282)