Gastropods of the Lahn Basin Limestones: Hahnstaetten (back-reef): Givetian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae
Paffrathopsis lirata (Sandberger 1842)
Turbonitella ussheri (Whidborne 1891)
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Plagiothyridae
Littorinides sextalineatus n. sp. (Sandberger 1842)
Plagiothyra multispiralis Frýda 1998
Plagiothyra tubericosta (Sandberger and Sandberger 1854)
Plagiothyra purpurea (d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842)
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) lineatus (Dechen 1832)
original and current combination Bellerophon lineatus
Retispira elevata n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Retispira elegans (de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny 1840)
Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Tropidodiscus phoenix n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Donaldinidae
Turridina margarita (Whidborne 1892)
Donaldina gigantea n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae
Murchisonia basalestriata n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Murchisonia sandbergeri Paeckelmann 1922
Murchisonia lohrheimi n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Murchisonia vicariana Whidborne 1892
Devonocerithioides gracilis Heidelberger 2001
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Clathronema reticulata (Phillips 1841)
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae
Macrochilina chattolina Heidelberger 2001
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae
Whidbornia trochoides (Whidborne 1889)
Lentipleura klippsteinii (Goldfuss 1844)
Devonorhineoderma lonsdalei (d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842)
Devonorhineoderma orbignyana (d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842)
Devonorhineoderma bandeli n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Devonorhineoderma tricincta (Goldfuss 1844)
Champernownia wagneri n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Champernownia champernowni (Whidborne 1892)
Champernownia multispira (Sandberger and Sandberger 1854)
Baylea verneuili Heidelberger 2001
Fridolinata planannulata (Sandberger and Sandberger 1853)
Mourlonia tenuiarcata
Odontomaria semiplicata (Sandberger and Sandberger 1850)
Villmaria linteata (Goldfuss 1844)
recombined as Villmaria linteatus
Villmaria ventricosa n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Pleurotaunica fina n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Lahnia froeberi n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Gastropoda - Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae
Antitrochus nodulosus (Sandberger 1842)
recombined as Agnesia nodulosa
Porcellia cornuarietis (Sandberger and Sandberger 1853)
recombined as Paraporcellia cornuarietis
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Nerrhenidae
Hessonia piligera (Sandberger and Sandberger 1855)
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Paffrathia aarica n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Spiranodus quadrilineatus Heidelberger 2001
Natirhenia margaritifera (d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842)
Basiplanus baldus n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Lotzia schaeferkalki Heidelberger 2001
Naticonoda prieuri n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Naticonoda elegans n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
Delphinuella subarmata (Sandberger and Sandberger 1854)
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae
Devonoconica undullaria n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Devonoconica colorata n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Astralites sublimbatus (d'Orbigny 1850)
Dentanitella obtusa n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Gastropoda - Euomphalina
Serpulospira serpula (d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842)
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
Straparollus turritus (Sandberger and Sandberger 1855)
Straparollus laevis (d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842)
recombined as Philoxene laevis
Straparollus planus n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Gastropoda - Euomphalina
Rhenomphalus germanus (Phillips 1841)
Gastropoda - Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae
Australonema acuta n. sp. Heidelberger 2001
Gastropoda - Catantostomatidae
Catantostoma clathratum Sandberger 1842
Gastropoda - Spanionematidae
Spanionema scalaroides (Whidborne 1889)
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Rheinland-Pfalz
Coordinates: 50.3° North, 8.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:22.6° South, 8.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Devonian Epoch:Middle Devonian
Stage:Givetian 10 m.y. bin:Devonian 3
Key time interval:Givetian
Age range of interval:387.70000 - 382.70000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bücheler
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Secondary lithology: "reef rocks"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "Massenkalk" and "Riffkalk"
Environment:carbonate indet.
Geology comments: Deposits intimately associated with reefs. Outcrop belt of Lahn Basin trends SW-NE.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Only gastropods reported.
Metadata
Also known as:Hahnstaetten (Rueckriff)
Database number:38358
Authorizer:M. Foote Enterer:M. Foote
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-04-20 14:32:37 Last modified:2006-05-10 15:55:08
Access level:the public Released:2004-04-20 14:32:37
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10292. D. Heidelberger. 2001. Mitteldevonische (Givetische) Gastropoden (Mollusca) aus der Lahnmulde (suedliches Rheinisches Schiefergebirge). Geologische Abhandlungen Hessen 106:1-291 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]