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Roemeriella octocinctus

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae

Taxonomy
Turbo octocinctus was named by Römer (1843). It is not extant. Its type locality is Grund, northwest of Hartz mountains, which is in a Famennian carbonate limestone in the Cürten Strata Formation of Germany.

It was recombined as Roemeriella octocincta by Blodgett and Frýda (1999), Krawczyński (2002), Heidelberger and Amler (2002), Cook et al. (2003), Krawczyński (2006); it was recombined as Roemeriella octocinctus by Wagner (2023).

Entered
by P. Wagner on 2006-03-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Turbo octocinctus Römer
1999Roemeriella octocincta Blodgett and Frýda p. 304
2002Roemeriella octocincta Heidelberger and Amler p. 322
2002Roemeriella octocincta Krawczyński p. 271 figs. 4H–I, 7F
2003Roemeriella octocincta Cook et al. p. 197
2006Roemeriella octocincta Krawczyński pp. 684-685 figs. f. 5D-E, 6M:r
2023Roemeriella octocinctus Wagner p. 3788

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassEogastropoda
orderEuomphalina
superfamilyEuomphaloidea()
familyPseudophoridae
subfamilyDecorospirinae
genusRoemeriella
speciesoctocinctus()

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.

Roemeriella octocinctus Römer 1843
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-21 10:48:04
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:48:04
Source: superf = superfamily, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Frasnian to the top of the Famennian or 382.31000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) Roemeriella octocincta (75504 75516)
Middle Frasnian379.0 - 375.2Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) Roemeriella octocincta (75515)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship) Roemeriella octocincta (75502)
Late/Upper Frasnian375.2 - 372.15Poland (Wojewodztwo Swietokrzyskie) Roemeriella octocincta (62176)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86Germany Turbo octocinctus (156553)