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Austronema

Gastropoda - Palaeostylidae

Taxonomy
Austronema was named by Bandel (2002). It is not extant.

It was considered an invalid subgroup of Palaeostylidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

It was assigned to Austronematinae by Bandel (2002); and to Palaeostylidae by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Austronema Bandel
2023Austronema Wagner

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilySoleniscoidea
familyPalaeostylidaeWenz 1938
genusAustronema

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.

G. †Austronema Bandel 2002
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: Tournaisian or 358.90000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) Loxonema elegantissima (44158 44159 44161) Streptacis elegantissima (43950 44080 44088)