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Cyclonema boreale

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Cyclonema (Cyclonema) boreale was named by Poulsen (1974). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 2. Kap Morton, uppermost kap of Washinton Land into Kennedy Channel, which is in a Llandovery reef, buildup or bioherm mudstone in the Offley Island Formation of Greenland.

It was recombined as Cyclonema boreale by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2011-08-22

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Cyclonema (Cyclonema) boreale Poulsen pp. 9 - 10 figs. pl. 2 f. 1-4
2023Cyclonema boreale Wagner p. 4906

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea()
familyPlatyceratidae
genusCyclonema
speciesboreale()

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.

Cyclonema boreale Poulsen 1974
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteg
Composition 2: low Mg calciteg
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Ontogeny: accretionsuperf
Environment: marinef
Locomotion: facultatively mobileg
Epibiont: yesg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: coprophageg
Diet 2: deposit feederg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-08-16 09:07:28
Modified: 2009-07-20 15:18:07
Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Knight et al. 1960, Batten 1984, Kiessling 2004, Wagner 2023

Age range: Llandovery or 443.10000 to 432.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9Greenland (Washington Land) Cyclonema boreale (type locality: 49828)