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Dictyotomaria

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Dictyotomaria Knight p. 576
1960Glyptotomaria (Dictyotomaria) Knight et al. p. 214
1967Glyptotomaria (Dictyotomaria) Yochelson and Saunders p. 71
1997Glyptotomaria (Dictyotomaria) Hoare et al. p. 1031
2002Dictyotomaria Sepkoski
2003Dictyotomaria Amler and Heidelberger p. 1165
2009Dictyotomaria Bandel p. 7
2022Dictyotomaria Karapunar and Nützel p. 66
2023Dictyotomaria Wagner p. G302

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyEotomarioidea
familyGosseletinidae
subfamilyGosseletininae
genusDictyotomaria

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. †Dictyotomaria Knight 1945
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Dictyotomaria balabanovi Mazaev 2019
Dictyotomaria capillaria Conrad 1842
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Invalid names: Dictyotomaria procteri Nettelroth 1889 [synonym]
Dictyotomaria carlbransoni Gordon and Yochelson 1975
Dictyotomaria concinna Hoare et al. 1997
Dictyotomaria decora Hoare et al. 1997
Dictyotomaria depressus Weller 1916
Dictyotomaria ella Hall 1876
Dictyotomaria eurocapillaria Amler and Heidelberger 2003
Dictyotomaria faceta Hoare et al. 1997
Dictyotomaria hisingeri Goldfuss 1844
Dictyotomaria itylus Clarke 1904
Dictyotomaria marginata Batten 1958
Dictyotomaria meekana Hall 1856
Dictyotomaria nyi Thein and Nitecki 1974
Dictyotomaria pistra Batten 1958
Dictyotomaria scitula Meek and Worthen 1860
Dictyotomaria subcancellata d'Orbigny 1849
Dictyotomaria triassica Yin and Yochelson 1983
Dictyotomaria turrisbabel Karapunar and Nützel 2022
Dictyotomaria wortheni Weller 1916
Dictyotomaria yochelsoni Thein and Nitecki 1974
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height466.532.9023.06.023.68
shell diameter4611.26.3822.211.23.79

Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Ribbing: minorf
Environment: coastal, marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedf
Created: 2009-06-11 17:54:14
Modified: 2025-08-08 09:12:49
Source: f = family, o = order
References: Hendy 2009, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Julian or 393.47000 to 233.60000 Ma

Collections (98 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.47 - 387.95USA (Ohio) Pleurotomaria capillaria, Pleurotomaria procteri (129948)
Cazenovian393.47 - 382.31USA (New York) Glyptotomaria capillaria (69461 69462 69464)
Middle Devonian393.47 - 382.31USA (New York) Glyptotomaria capillaria (91091 91215 91216 91217 91226 91227 91228 91229 91268 91279)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (New York) Glyptotomaria capillaria (86318 86319 86643 86645 86646 89663 89707 89812 89879 89886 89899 89904 89921 89924 89927 89928 89931 89963 90850 96338 111331 111416) Mourlonia capilaria (96211 96212 96213)
Givetian387.95 - 382.31USA (Pennsylvania) Bembexia capillaria (9887 9888 9896 9914)
Early/Lower Frasnian382.31 - 379.0USA (New York) Pleurotomaria capillaria (136085)
Early/Lower Famennian372.15 - 368.5USA (New York) Pleurotomaria itylus (84629)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86United Kingdom (England) D. sp. (38142)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen) Pleurotomaria hisingeri (38306)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86United Kingdom (England) D. eurocapillaria (68173) D. sp. (38143)
Kinderhookian358.86 - 351.9USA (Iowa) Glyptotomaria quasicapillaria (49824 49825)
Mississippian358.86 - 323.4USA (California) Pleurotomaria capillaria (214521)
Meramecian342.9 - 335.4Canada (Alberta) Shansiella meekana (62396)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Illinois) Glyptotomaria yochelsoni (58998 59826) Ptychomphalus depressus, Ptychomphalus wortheni (68188)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Kentucky) Phymatopleura nyi (59823)
Arnsbergian326.9 - 323.6USA (Wyoming) D. carlbransoni (69459)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Glyptotomaria n. sp., Glyptotomaria quadrilineata, Glyptotomaria scitula (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Glyptotomaria scitula (64951)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (New Mexico) Glyptotomaria sp., Glyptotomaria quadrilineata, Glyptotomaria scitula (46536)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Texas) Yvania scitula (11100)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) D. turrisbabel (170908)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) D. n. sp. (156737)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (New Mexico) Glyptotomaria sp. (146828)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52USA (Texas) Glyptotomaria marginata (43509)
Asselian298.9 - 293.52Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) D. balabanovi (202159)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) D. balabanovi (220898)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1India (Kashmir) Pleurotomaria euglyphea (86543)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (New Mexico) Glyptotomaria marginata (101770 101771)
Artinskian290.1 - 283.3USA (Texas) Glyptotomaria marginata (101772 101773)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4USA (Texas) Glyptotomaria marginata (43496 43562 81592 81617) Glyptotomaria pistra (43492 43517 43560)
Roadian274.4 - 266.9USA (Texas) Glyptotomaria pistra (43512 43551 81693 101767 101774) Pleurotomaria euglyphea (108822)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) D. scitula (42091)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28USA (Texas) Glyptotomaria pistra (43550)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Japan Glyptotomaria sp. (109667)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guizhou) D. transcostata (112012 112091)
Pelsonian - Illyrian244.24 - 241.464China (Guizhou) D. triassica (31623 31625) Euryalox subcancellata (44247) Glyptotomaria triassica (44255)
Pelsonian - Tuvalian244.24 - 227.3Türkiye (Anatolia) Pleurotomaria subcancellata (204511)
Julian237.0 - 233.6Italy D. subcancellata (137424) Pleurotomaria subcancellata (144631)