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Coelocaulus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4606044	https://www.gbif.org/species/4606044
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8684	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8684

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Sinuspiridae : Coelocaulus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Murchisoniina : Hormotomidae : Coelocaulus

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Orthogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1997
order	Murchisoniina	Cox and Knight 1960
superfamily	Murchisonioidea
family	Hormotomidae	Wenz 1938
genus	Coelocaulus	Oehlert 1888

Scientific Name

Coelocaulus Oehlert, 1888

Name Published In

Bull. Soc. Sci. Angers, (N. S.) 17

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Coelocaulus	genus	belongs to Pleurotomariidae	stated with evidence	Ulrich and Scofield, 1897
Coelocaulus	subgenus	belongs to Murchisonia	stated without evidence	Perner, 1907
Coelocaulus	genus	subjective synonym of Michelia	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Coelocaulus	genus	belongs to Archaeogastropoda	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Coelocaulus	genus	belongs to Murchisoniidae	stated without evidence	Rohr et al., 2003
Coelocaulus	genus	belongs to Hormotomidae	stated with evidence	Wagner, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

443 - 427 Ma
Silurian

Last Recorded Appearance

336 - 326 Ma
Carboniferous

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Murchisonioidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Murchisonioidea)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

D. Oehlert and P. Oehlert. 1888. Descriptions de quelques espèces dévoniennes de département de la Mayenne. Bulletin de la Société d'Etudes Scientifiques d'Angers 1888:65-120

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Coelidium strebloceras ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Coelocaulus alceste ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	423 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Coelocaulus argolis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coelocaulus chlupaci ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Coelocaulus cingulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coelocaulus clavata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	423 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Coelocaulus coarctata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coelocaulus columna ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	423 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Coelocaulus contracta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coelocaulus cybele ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		5	427 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Coelocaulus decipiens ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Coelocaulus delicatulus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coelocaulus karlae ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Coelocaulus latona species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coelocaulus perlonga ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Coelocaulus pollens ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Coelocaulus sana ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	423 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Coelocaulus zonaria ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Murchisonia alceste species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Murchisonia clavata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Murchisonia columna species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Murchisonia cybele species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Murchisonia davidsoni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Murchisonia decipiens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Murchisonia desiderata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	393 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Murchisonia estella ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Murchisonia fugitiva ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	427 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Murchisonia lebescontei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Murchisonia linearis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Murchisonia longispira ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Murchisonia perlonga species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Murchisonia pollens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Murchisonia sana species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Murchisonia turritiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Murchisonia zonaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Coelocaeulus (Oehlert & Oehlert, 1888)	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Pleurotomariida : Sinuspiridae : *Coelocaeulus*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1888	Coelocaulus Oehlert and Oehlert
1897	Coelocaeulus Ulrich and Scofield p. 1020
1903	Coelidium Clarke and Ruedemann
1907	Murchisonia (Coelocaulus) Perner p. 100
2002	Coelocaulus Sepkoski, Jr.
2003	Coelocaulus Rohr et al. p. 88
2017	Coelocaulus Wagner p. G291

References

Oehlert D., Oehlert P. Descriptions de quelques espèces dévoniennes de département de la Mayenne, Bulletin de la Société d'Etudes Scientifiques d'Angers 1888, 65-120

Ulrich E. O., Scofield W. H. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota, The Paleontology of Minnesota 39 2, 813-1081

Clarke J. M., Ruedemann R. (1903) Guelph fauna in the state of New York, New York State Museum Memoirs 5, 1-100

Perner J. (1907) , Gastéropodes, Tome 2: Pleurotomaridae et Murchisonidae, 1-380

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Rohr D. M., Blodgett R. B., et al (2003) New Silurian muchisoniid gastropods from Alaska and a review of the genus Coelocaulus, Short notes on Alaska geology 2003, Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys Professional Report 120, 88-93

Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bull. Soc. Sci. Angers, (N. S.) 17 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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