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Stylonema mater ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	76303	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=76303

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Stylonema mater	species	belongs to Loxonema (Stylonema)	stated without evidence	Perner, 1907
Stylonema mater	species	belongs to Stylonema	stated with evidence	Wagner, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

427 - 426 Ma
Silurian

Last Recorded Appearance

427 - 426 Ma
Silurian

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Loxonematidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Loxonematidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Perner. 1907. Gastéropodes, Tome 2: Pleurotomaridae et Murchisonidae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1907	Loxonema (Stylonema) mater Perner pp. 343 - 344 figs. pl. 101 f. 38-39
2020	Stylonema mater Wagner p. 2115

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

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

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!