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Cirsotrema

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Description

Cirsostrema is a genus of very small deepwater sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks in the family Epitoniidae, commonly known as the wentletraps.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirsotrema, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	2300538	https://www.gbif.org/species/2300538
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9652	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9652

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF,PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : Cirsotrema

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
-	Ptenoglossa
superfamily	Epitonioidea	(Berry 1910)
family	Epitoniidae	Berry 1910
genus	Cirsotrema	Mörch 1852

Scientific Name

Cirsotrema Mörch, 1852

Name Published In

Mörch O.A.L. (1852-1853). Catalogus conchyliorum quae reliquit D. Alphonso d'Aguirra & Gadea Comes de Yoldi [...]. Fasc. 1, Cephalophora, 170 pp. [1852]; Fasc. 2, Acephala, Annulata, Cirripedia, Echinodermata, 74 [+2] pp. [1853]. Hafniae [Copenhagen]: L. Klein.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cirsotrema	subgenus	belongs to Scalaria	stated with evidence	Tate, 1890
Cirsotrema	subgenus	belongs to Scala	stated without evidence	Vredenburg, 1928
Cirsotrema	subgenus	belongs to Epitonium	stated with evidence	Durham, 1937
Cirsotrema	subgenus	belongs to Epitonium	stated without evidence	Durham, 1944
Cirsotrema	genus	belongs to Epitoniidae	stated without evidence	Olsson, 1967
Cirsotrema	subgenus	belongs to Epitonium	stated without evidence	Addicott, 1970
Cirsotrema	genus	belongs to Epitoniidae	stated without evidence	Maxwell, 1978
Cirsotrema	genus	belongs to Epitoniidae	stated with evidence	Dushane, 1988
Cirsotrema	genus	belongs to Epitoniidae	implied	Wilson, 1993
Cirsotrema	genus	belongs to Epitoniidae	stated with evidence	Todd, 2001
Cirsotrema	genus	belongs to Epitoniidae	stated without evidence	Wienrich, 2001
Cirsotrema	genus	belongs to Epitoniidae	stated with evidence	Harzhauser, 2002
Cirsotrema	genus	belongs to Neotaenioglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Cirsotrema	genus	belongs to Epitoniidae	stated with evidence	Duerr, 2004
Cirsotrema	genus	belongs to Epitoniidae	stated without evidence	Darragh, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extant

Taxon Size (PBDB)

Extant Size (PBDB)

8 (25%)

First Recorded Appearance

66.0 - 61.6 Ma
Paleocene

Motility

slow-moving (based on Epitoniidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

carnivore (based on Epitoniidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Epitoniidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

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

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirsotrema

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Cirsotrema (Cirsotremopsis) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		6	23.0 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cirsotrema (Coroniscala) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		29	47.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Cirsotrema (Plastiscala) subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Cirsotrema (Propescala) subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Cirsotrema (Rectacirsa) subgenus	listed (PBDB)
Cirsotrema (Tioria) subgenus	listed (PBDB)		1	55.8 Ma Eocene	0 Ma Extant
Cirsotrema amamiense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema amplsum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema angulatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema bennettorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema bonum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema bourgeoisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema browni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema caelicola species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema canephorum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema chathamense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema chipolanum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema cirritum species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cirsotrema cloveri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema coronale species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema cortezi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema crassicostatum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		14	23.0 Ma Miocene	16.0 Ma Miocene
Cirsotrema cribaria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema ctenodentatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema dalli species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	11.6 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cirsotrema diversiformis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	41.3 Ma Eocene	41.3 Ma Eocene
Cirsotrema dubiosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	56.0 Ma Paleocene	56.0 Ma Paleocene
Cirsotrema edgari species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema elegantissimum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema eocenica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema ernestoilaoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema excelsum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema fallens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema fimbriatulum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema fimbriolatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema fimbriosa ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		3	5.33 Ma Miocene	5.33 Ma Miocene
Cirsotrema firmatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema forresti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema fregata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema funiculus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	3.60 Ma Pliocene	3.60 Ma Pliocene
Cirsotrema gagei ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	34.3 Ma Eocene	34.3 Ma Eocene
Cirsotrema georgeanum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema hauniensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	61.6 Ma Paleocene	61.6 Ma Paleocene
Cirsotrema herosae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema hertzae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema intextum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema koeneni species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema krousma species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema kuriense species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema linteum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema lyratum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema magellanicum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema marshalli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema martyr species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema miovaricosum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	20.4 Ma Miocene	20.4 Ma Miocene
Cirsotrema mituokai species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema montrouzieri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema nagaoi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema optima species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema pachygyra species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema parvulum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema pilsbryi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema pleiophylla ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	41.3 Ma Eocene	38.0 Ma Eocene
Cirsotrema plexis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema preyoungi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	23.0 Ma Miocene	23.0 Ma Miocene
Cirsotrema propelyratum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema pumiceum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema richeri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema rugosum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema skoglundae species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema strebeli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema tenuisculptum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Cirsotrema togatum species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cirsotrema trabeculatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema translucida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema turbonilla species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema turbonillaeforme species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema turriculoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema validum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema varicosa species	listed (PBDB)		1	5.33 Ma Miocene	0 Ma Extant
Cirsotrema varicosum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema vulpinum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema woodringi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema youngi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema zelebori species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema zitteli species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cirsotrema zografakisi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Elegantiscala kobelti species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Epitonium (Cirsotrema) clallamense ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Epitonium (Cirsotrema) howei ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Epitonium (Cirsotrema) pasoense ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Epitonium (Cirsotrema) posoensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Epitonium (Cirsotrema) saundersi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	28.1 Ma Oligocene	28.1 Ma Oligocene
Scala (Cirsotrema) subtenuilamella ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
Scalaria funiculus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Scalaria subtenuilamella species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Tioria Marwick, 1928	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Tioria*
Caloscala Tate, 1885	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Caloscala*
Mammiscala de Boury, 1909	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Mammiscala*
Cirsostrema Conrad, 1865	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Cirsostrema*
Cirsotremopsis Thiele, 1928	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Cirsotremopsis*
Dannevigena Iredale, 1936	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Dannevigena*
Elegantiscala de Boury, 1911	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Elegantiscala*
Laniscala Lan, 1976	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Laniscala*
Coroniscala de Boury, 1909	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Coroniscala*
Cirsotremma	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Cirsotremma*
Cirostrema Dall, 1907	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Cirostrema*
Cyrsotrema Sacco, 1891	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Cyrsotrema*
Cissotrema Blake, 1882	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Epitoniidae : *Cissotrema*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1852	Cirsotrema Mörch
1890	Scalaria (Cirsotrema) Tate
1928	Scala (Cirsotrema) Vredenburg p. 402
1937	Epitonium (Cirsotrema) Durham p. 490
1944	Epitonium (Cirsotrema) Durham p. 158
1951	Epitonium (Cirsotrema) Hertlein and Stong p. 89
1967	Cirsotrema Olsson p. 40
1970	Epitonium (Cirsotrema) Addicott p. 54
1978	Cirsotrema Maxwell p. 36

Year	Name and Author
1984	Cirsotrema Squires p. 21
1988	Cirsotrema Dushane p. 56
1993	Cirsotrema Wilson p. 274
2001	Cirsotrema Todd
2001	Cirsotrema Wienrich p. 450
2002	Cirsotrema Harzhauser p. 93
2002	Cirsotrema Sepkoski, Jr.
2004	Cirsotrema Duerr p. 152
2017	Cirsotrema Darragh p. 55

References

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

Vredenburg E. (1928) Description of Mollusca from the post-Eocene Tertiary formation of north-western India: Gastropoda (in part) and Lamellibranchiata, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India 50 2, 351-506

Durham J. W. (1937) Gastropods of the Family Epitoniidae from Mesozoic and Cenozoic Rocks of the West Coast of North America, including One New Species by F. E. Turner and One by R. A. Bramkamp, Journal of Paleontology 11 6, 479-512

Durham J. W. (1944) Megafaunal zones of the Oligocene of northwestern Washington, University of California Publications in Geological Sciences 27, 101 -212

Olsson A. A. (1967) , Some Tertiary mollusks from South Florida and the Carribean. Paleontological Research Institute, 1-61

Addicott W.O. (1970) Miocene Gastropods and Biostratigraphy of the Kern River Area, California, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 642, 1-172

Maxwell P. A. (1978) Taxonomic and nomenclatural notes on some New Zealand Cenozoic Mollusca, with descriptions of new taxa, New Zealand Journal of Zoology 5 1, 15-46 doi:10.1080/03014223.1978.10423743

Squires R. L. (1984) Megapaleontology of the Eocene Llajas Formation, Simi Valley, California, Contributions in Science, Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County 350, 1-76

Dushane H. (1988) Pliocene Epitoniidae of the Esmeraldas beds northwestern Ecuador (Mollusca: Gastropoda), Tulane Studies in Geology and Paleontology 21, 51-58

Wilson B. (1993) , Australian Marine Shells 1

Todd J. A. (2001) Systematic list of gastropods in the Panama Paleontology Project collections

Wienrich G. (2001) Die Fauna des marinen Miozäns von Kevelaer (Niederrhein), Gastropoda bis Cancellariidae 3, 385-639

Harzhauser M. (2002) Marine und brachyhaline Gastropoden aus dem Karpatium des Korneubuger Beckens und der Kreuzstettener Bucht (Österreich, Untermiozän), Beiträge zur Paläontologie 27, 61-159

Duerr R. (2004) Cirsotrema (Gastropoda: Ptenoglossa: Epitoniidae) iun the Miocene Chipola Formation of northwestern Florida., The Nautilus 118 4, 152-156

Darragh T. A. (2017) Further Mollusca from the late Eocene Pallinup Formation, Eucla Basin, Western Australia, Records of the Western Australian Museum 32, 29-100 doi:10.18195/issn.0312-3162.32(1).2017.029-100

Turgeon, D. D., J. F. Quinn, Jr., A. E. Bogan, E. V. Coan, F. G. Hochberg, W. G. Lyons, et al., 1998: Common and scientific names of aquatic invertebrates from the United States and Canada: Mollusks, 2nd ed.. American Fisheries Society Special Publication 26. 526. - via Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS)

Beu, A.G. 2011 Marine Molluscs of oxygen isotope stages of the last 2 million years in New Zealand. Part 4. Gastropoda (Ptenoglossa, Neogastropoda, Heterobranchia). Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand 41, 1–153. - via World Register of Marine Species

Brown L.G. & Neville B.D. (2015). Catalog of the recent taxa of the families Epitoniidae and Nystiellidae (Mollusca: Gastropoda) with a bibliography of the descriptive and systematic literature. Zootaxa. 3907(1): 1-188. - via World Register of Marine Species

Aphia2006 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

CoL2006 - 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

WoRMS (Mar 2013) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

SN2000/Bouchet et al., 2001 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Cat. Conch. Yoldi, 1 - 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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