PBDB Collection

Am Wachtberg Quarry, Sötenich (= Soetnich or Soetenich, Gerolstein), Eifel Mountains. (Sötenicher Mulde, Nordeifel, MTB Mechernich, R 2540 000 / H 5598 7000) (Devonian of Germany)

Also known as Gastropods of the Lahn Basin Limestones: Soetenich

Where: Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany (50.5° N, 6.6° E: paleocoordinates 23.0° S, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Scheid g Member (Cürten Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone and reef rocks

• Deposits intimately associated with reefs. Outcrop belt of Lahn Basin trends SW-NE.

• "Massenkalk" and "Riffkalk"

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38362: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 20.04.2004, edited by Pete Wagner

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Taxonomic list

• Only gastropods reported.

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Gastropoda
Cyrtoneritida - Vltaviellidae	Soetenichia wachtbergensis n. sp.⁴, Eifelcyrtus blodgetti n. gen. n. sp.² Soetenichia wachtbergensis n. sp.⁴ Heidelberger 2007 snail Eifelcyrtus blodgetti n. gen. n. sp.² Frýda and Heidelberger 2003 snail
Neritoina - Neritopsidae	Paffrathopsis subcostata Paffrathopsis subcostata Dechen 1832 snail
Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae	"Bellerophon (Bellerophon) vasulites" = Bellerophon vasulites "Bellerophon (Bellerophon) vasulites" = Bellerophon vasulites de Montfort 1808 snail
Murchisoniina - Murchisoniidae	Murchisonia tricincta, Murchisonia selenalta n. sp., Murchisonia kirchnera n. sp., Murchisonia angulata⁴, Murchisonia bilineata Murchisonia tricincta d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail Murchisonia selenalta n. sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail Murchisonia kirchnera n. sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail Murchisonia angulata⁴ von Schlotheim 1820 snail Murchisonia bilineata Dechen 1832 snail
Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae	Clathronema reticulata, Cookiloxa leunisseni n. sp.⁴ Clathronema reticulata Phillips 1841 snail Cookiloxa leunisseni n. sp.⁴ Heidelberger 2007 snail
Murchisoniina - Palaeozygopleuridae	Kallispira latostriata⁴, Devonozyga bandeli n. sp.⁴, Palaeozygopleura kaupii Kallispira latostriata⁴ Heidelberger and Bandel 1999 snail Devonozyga bandeli n. sp.⁴ Heidelberger 2007 snail Palaeozygopleura kaupii Goldfuss 1844 snail
Murchisoniina - Soleniscidae	Palaeocarboninia jankei n. gen. n. sp.¹, Macrochilina naticaeformis n. sp., "Macrochilina arculata" = Bensbergia arculata Palaeocarboninia jankei n. gen. n. sp.¹ Bandel and Heidelberger 2002 snail Macrochilina naticaeformis n. sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail "Macrochilina arculata" = Bensbergia arculata von Schlotheim 1820 snail
Murchisoniina - Gosseletinidae	Buechelia goldfussi, Buechelia wachtbergi n. sp., Kirchneriella striata⁴, Euryzone delphinuloides, Euryzone planiformis n. sp., Odontomaria jankei n. sp.³, Odontomaria semiplicata, Lukesispira frydai⁴ Buechelia goldfussi Schlüter 1894 snail given as Büchelia Buechelia wachtbergi n. sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail given as Büchelia Kirchneriella striata⁴ Hisinger 1837 snail Euryzone delphinuloides von Schlotheim 1820 snail Euryzone planiformis n. sp. Heidelberger 2001 snail Odontomaria jankei n. sp.³ Frýda et al. 2006 snail Odontomaria semiplicata Sandberger and Sandberger 1850 snail Lukesispira frydai⁴ Heidelberger and Bandel 1999 snail
Euomphalina - Nerrhenidae	Nerrhena reticulata⁴, Nerrhena aequistriata Nerrhena reticulata⁴ Heidelberger and Bandel 1999 snail Nerrhena aequistriata Kirchner 1915 snail
Euomphalina - Omphalotrochidae	"? Archaeosphera minima" = Archaeosphera minimus⁴, Archaeosphera wachtbergi, Sylvestria soetenichensis "? Archaeosphera minima" = Archaeosphera minimus⁴ Kirchner 1915 snail Archaeosphera wachtbergi Kirchner 1915 snail Sylvestria soetenichensis Kirchner 1915 snail
Euomphalina - Omphalocirridae	Omphalocirrus spinosus Omphalocirrus spinosus Sandberger and Sandberger 1854 snail
Euomphalina - Pseudophoridae	Astralites sublimbatus Astralites sublimbatus d'Orbigny 1850 snail
Euomphalina - Euomphalidae	"Auricularia leunissi" = Tubiconcha leunissi, Nodeuomphalus labadyei, Nodeuomphalus leunissi, "Straparollus laevis" = Philoxene laevis "Auricularia leunissi" = Tubiconcha leunissi Heidelberger 2001 snail Nodeuomphalus labadyei d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail Nodeuomphalus leunissi Heidelberger and Bandel 1999 snail "Straparollus laevis" = Philoxene laevis d’Archiac and de Verneuil 1842 snail
Euomphalina - Oriostomatidae	"Dohmella multistriata" = Dohmella multistriatus "Dohmella multistriata" = Dohmella multistriatus Kirchner 1915 snail
Neritoidea - Naticopsidae	? Naticopsis (Naticopsis) efossa ? Naticopsis (Naticopsis) efossa Goldfuss 1844 snail

¹Bandel and Heidelberger 2002; ²Frýda and Heidelberger 2003; ³Frýda et al. 2006; ⁴Heidelberger 2007