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Scoliostoma

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Scoliostomatidae

Taxonomy
Scoliostoma was named by Braun (1838) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi D Fame Sepkoski's reference number: 362,797]. It is not extant. Its type is Scoliostoma dannenbergi. It is the type genus of Scoliostomatinae.

It was assigned to Codonocheilidae by Knight et al. (1960); to Architaenoglossa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Scoliostomatinae by Frýda et al. (2002) and Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Scoliostoma Braun
1960Scoliostoma Knight et al. p. 301
2002Scoliostoma Frýda et al. p. 249
2002Scoliostoma Sepkoski
2005Scoliostoma Bouchet et al. p. 155

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyLoxonematoidea(Koken 1889)
familyScoliostomatidae
subfamilyScoliostomatinae
genusScoliostoma

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. †Scoliostoma Braun 1838
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Scoliostoma americana Walcott 1884
Scoliostoma crassilabrum Sandberger and Sandberger 1854
Scoliostoma expansilabrum Sandberger and Sandberger 1853
Scoliostoma megalostoma Sandberger and Sandberger 1854
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Invalid names: Scoliostoma zitteli Holzapfel 1882 [synonym]
Scoliostoma textatum Phillips 1841
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Locomotion: facultatively mobilesuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: limitedo
Created: 2009-09-21 10:39:28
Modified: 2009-09-21 12:39:28
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order
Reference: Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Givetian or 387.70000 to 380.20000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Hessen) S. dannenbergi (38356) S. dannenbergi, S. expansilabrum (38353)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Germany (Sauerland) S. dannenbergi (56160)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7United Kingdom (England) S. textatus (129878 130270)
Late/Upper Givetian380.2 - 382.7Germany Pleurotomaria zitteli (37046)