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Goniotremus insectus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Taxonomy
Tremanotus insectus was named by Frech (1894). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Area between the villages of Měňany and Koněprusy, which is in a Pragian marine horizon in the Praha Formation of the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Boiotremus insectus by Horný (1963) and Jhaveri (1969); it was recombined as Goniotremus insectus by Horný (1992) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Tremanotus insectus Frech pp. 462 - 463 figs. pl. 33 f. 1a-d
1963Boiotremus insectus Horný p. 108 figs. pl. 25 f. 1-6; pl. 26 f. 4
1969Boiotremus insectus Jhaveri p. 154
1992Goniotremus insectus Horný p. 105
2023Goniotremus insectus Wagner p. 177

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBucaniidae
subfamilyTremanotinae()
genusGoniotremus
speciesinsectus()

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.

Goniotremus insectus Frech 1894
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-20 21:22:59
Modified: 2009-09-20 23:22:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Pragian or 410.80000 to 407.60000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Czech Republic (Bohemia) Tremanotus insectus (type locality: 104794)
Pragian410.8 - 407.6Austria (Styrian) Tremanotus insectus (154376)