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Coelocaulus

Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Hormotomidae

Taxonomy
Coelocaulus was named by Oehlert and Oehlert (1888) [Sepkoski's age data: O Cara-u D Emsi Sepkoski's reference number: 797]. It is not extant. Its type is Murchisonia davidsoni.

It was corrected as Coelocaeulus by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was reranked as Murchisonia (Coelocaulus) by Perner (1907); it was synonymized subjectively with Michelia by Knight et al. (1960).

It was assigned to Pleurotomariidae by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); to Murchisonia by Perner (1907); to Archaeogastropoda by Sepkoski (2002); to Murchisoniidae by Rohr et al. (2003); and to Hormotomidae by Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1888Coelocaulus Oehlert and Oehlert
1897Coelocaeulus Ulrich and Scofield p. 1020
1903Coelidium Clarke and Ruedemann
1907Murchisonia (Coelocaulus) Perner p. 100
2002Coelocaulus Sepkoski
2003Coelocaulus Rohr et al. p. 88
2023Coelocaulus Wagner p. G291

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
subclassOrthogastropoda
orderMurchisoniina
superfamilyMurchisonioidea()
familyHormotomidae
genusCoelocaulus

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. †Coelocaulus Oehlert and Oehlert 1888
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Coelocaulus alceste Perner 1907
Coelocaulus chlupaci HornĂ½ 1953
Coelocaulus clavata Perner 1907
Coelocaulus columna Perner 1907
Coelocaulus cybele Perner 1907
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Invalid names: Coelocaulus considerata Perner 1907 [synonym], Coelocaulus crispa Perner 1907 [synonym], Coelocaulus mamillaris Perner 1907 [synonym]
Coelocaulus davidsoni Oehlert 1877
Coelocaulus decipiens Perner 1907
Coelocaulus estella Billings 1865
Coelocaulus fugitiva Perner 1903
Coelocaulus karlae Rohr et al. 2003
Coelocaulus lebescontei Oehlert and Oehlert 1888
Coelocaulus linearis Billings 1859
Coelocaulus perlonga Perner 1907
Coelocaulus pollens Perner 1907
Coelocaulus sana Perner 1907
Coelocaulus strebloceras Clarke 1907
Coelocaulus zonaria Perner 1907
Invalid names: Coelidium Clarke and Ruedemann 1903 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available