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Omphalocirrus

Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Omphalocirridae

Taxonomy

Omphalocirrus was named by de Ryckholt (1860) [Sepkoski's age data: D Eife D Give Sepkoski's reference number: 362]. Its type is Euomphalus goldfussi. It is the type genus of Omphalocirrinae, Omphalocirridae.

It was assigned to Maclureadae by Knight et al. (1960); to Euomphalidae by Morris and Cleevely (1981); to Hyperstrophina by Sepkoski (2002); and to Omphalocirridae by Wenz (1938), Linsley (1973), Linsley and Kier (1984), Blodgett (1992), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Wagner (2023).

Species

Hypomphalocirrus rugosus, O. beyeri, O. carnicus, O. goldfussi, O. grandis, O. hoegeri, O. kaukensis, O. kindlei, O. manitobensis, O. northi, O. pulcher, O. spinosus

Synonyms

Arctomphalus was named by Tolmachoff (1930). It is not extant. Its type is Arctomphalus grandis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Maclureadae by Knight et al. (1960); it was corrected as Actomphalus by Sepkoski (2002); it was synonymized subjectively with Omphalocirrus by Wagner (2023).

It was assigned to Gastropoda by Tolmachoff (1930); and to Euomphalina by Sepkoski (2002).
Hypomphalocirrus was named by Linsley (1973) [Sepkoski's age data: D Emsi-u D Give Sepkoski's reference number: 362]. It is not extant. Its type is Hypomphalocirrus rugosus.

It was synonymized subjectively with Omphalocirrus by Wagner (2023).

It was assigned to Omphalocirridae by Linsley (1973), Linsley and Kier (1984) and Blodgett (1992); and to Hyperstrophina by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1860	Omphalocirrus de Ryckholt p. 187
1930	Arctomphalus Tolmachoff
1938	Omphalocirrus Wenz pp. 39, 43, 201
1960	Omphalocirrus Knight et al. p. 189
1973	Hypomphalocirrus Linsley
1973	Omphalocirrus Linsley
1973	Hypomphalocirrus Linsley pp. 35-39 figs. pl. 2-6
1981	Omphalocirrus Morris and Cleevely
1984	Hypomphalocirrus Linsley and Kier
1984	Omphalocirrus Linsley and Kier
1992	Hypomphalocirrus Blodgett
1992	Omphalocirrus Blodgett
2002	Actomphalus Sepkoski
2002	Hypomphalocirrus Sepkoski
2002	Omphalocirrus Sepkoski
2005	Omphalocirrus Bouchet et al. pp. 119, 241
2023	Omphalocirrus Wagner

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca

Rank	Name	Author
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Eogastropoda
order	Euomphalina
superfamily	Euomphaloidea	()
family	Omphalocirridae	Wenz 1938
genus	Omphalocirrus

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. †Omphalocirrus de Ryckholt 1860

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†Omphalocirrus beyeri Heidelberger 2001

†Omphalocirrus carnicus Frech 1894

†Omphalocirrus goldfussi d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842

†Omphalocirrus grandis Tolmachoff 1930

†Omphalocirrus hoegeri Heidelberger and Koch 2005

†Omphalocirrus kaukensis Gubanov et al. 1995

†Omphalocirrus kindlei Cleland 1911

†Omphalocirrus manitobensis Whiteaves 1890

†Omphalocirrus northi Etheridge 1890

†Omphalocirrus pulcher Paeckelmann 1913

†Omphalocirrus spinosus Sandberger and Sandberger 1854

Invalid names: Arctomphalus Tolmachoff 1930 [synonym], Hypomphalocirrus Linsley 1973 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragoniteg

Polymorph:

yesg

Locomotion:

stationaryg

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2004-08-14 12:24:19

Modified:

2004-08-15 00:06:59

Source: g = genus, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Wagner 2023

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Givetian or 410.80000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (44 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Pragian	410.8 - 407.6	Kyrgyzstan	O. kaukensis (3559)
Pragian	410.8 - 407.6	Australia (Victoria)	Straparollus northi (40360)
Pragian	410.8 - 407.6	Austria (Styrian)	Euomphalus carnicus (154376 157679)
Emsian	407.6 - 393.3	Canada (Northwest Territories)	Arctomphalus grandis (56276 56282)
Emsian	407.6 - 393.3	China (Nei Mongol)	O. sp. (49135)
Late/Upper Emsian	402.5 - 391.9	Austria	O. carnicus (26220) Straparollus carnicus (26219)
Eifelian	393.3 - 387.7	Belgium	O. sp. (205311)
Eifelian	393.3 - 387.7	Canada (Manitoba)	O. manitobensis (94118 228059 228093)
Eifelian	393.3 - 387.7	USA (Michigan)	O. manitobensis (98044 128941 128942 128943 128950 128963 128965) O. sp. (102527)
Eifelian	393.3 - 387.7	USA (Alaska)	Hypomphalocirrus rugosus (3639)
Eifelian	393.3 - 387.7	USA (Nevada)	O. sp. (3827 44141)
Early/Lower Givetian	388.1 - 383.7	Canada (Manitoba)	O. manitobensis (624)
Givetian	387.7 - 382.7	USA (Michigan)	Hypomphalocirrus rugosus (98026)
Givetian	387.7 - 382.7	Canada (Manitoba)	O. manitobensis (6718 6721 6723 56461 106310 228115 228163 228170 228424 228425)
Givetian	387.7 - 382.7	Germany (Sauerland)	O. goldfussi (51936) O. hoegeri (56160)
Givetian	387.7 - 382.7	Germany (Hessen)	O. beyeri (38356) O. spinosus (38353)
Givetian	387.7 - 382.7	Germany (Nordrhein-Westfalen)	Cirrus spinosus (44122) O. sp. (112146) O. spinosus (38362)
Early/Lower Frasnian	383.7 - 382.4	Poland (Swietokrzyskie Voivodship)	Euomphalus pulcher (75504)