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Cyclonema bilix

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae

Taxonomy
Pleurotomaria bilix was named by Conrad (1842). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Cyclonema.

It was recombined as Cyclonema bilex by Tassell (1980); it was recombined as Cyclonema bilix by Hall (1852), Hall (1861), Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Foerste (1923), Wilson (1951), Thompson (1970) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Pleurotomaria bilix Conrad p. 271
1847Pleurotomaria bilix Hall p. 305
1852Cyclonema bilix Hall p. 89
1861Cyclonema bilix Hall p. 92
1897Cyclonema bilix Ulrich and Scofield pp. 1058 - 1059 figs. pl. 78 f. 35-42
1923Cyclonema bilix Foerste pp. 100 - 101
1951Cyclonema bilix Wilson p. 78
1970Cyclonema bilix Thompson pp. 236 - 240 figs. pl. 31 f. 1-11; pl. 35 f. 1-6
1980Cyclonema bilex Tassell p. 11
2023Cyclonema bilix Wagner p. 571

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

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 bilix Conrad 1842
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†Cyclonema bilix conicum Miller 1874
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available