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Omphalotrochus ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4599562	https://www.gbif.org/species/4599562
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8477	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8477

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Omphalotrochidae : Omphalotrochus

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Omphalotrochidae : Omphalotrochus

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	Eogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1996
order	Euomphalina	de Koninck 1881
superfamily	Euomphaloidea
family	Omphalotrochidae	Knight 1945
genus	Omphalotrochus	Meek 1864

Scientific Name

Omphalotrochus Meek, 1864

Name Published In

Geol. Surv. Calif. Pal., 1

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Omphalotrochus	subgenus	belongs to Euomphalus	stated without evidence	de Koninck, 1876
Omphalotrochus	genus	belongs to Omphalotrochidae	stated with evidence	Knight, 1945
Omphalotrochus	genus	belongs to Omphalotrochidae	stated without evidence	Morris and Cleevely, 1981
Omphalotrochus	genus	belongs to Omphalotrochidae	stated with evidence	Linsley and Kier, 1984
Omphalotrochus	genus	belongs to Euomphalina	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Omphalotrochus	genus	belongs to Omphalotrochidae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

419 - 411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

269 - 260 Ma
Permian

Motility

stationary (based on Euomphaloidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Euomphaloidea)

Taphonomy

aragonite (based on Gastropoda)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. B. Meek. 1864. Section 1. Description of the Carboniferous fossils. Palaeontology of California 1:3-16

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Euomphalus canaliculatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Euomphalus whitneyi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Omphalotrochus alleni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	299 Ma Carboniferous	296 Ma Permian
Omphalotrochus antiquus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		4	299 Ma Carboniferous	296 Ma Permian
Omphalotrochus canaliculatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		1	302 Ma Carboniferous	302 Ma Carboniferous
Omphalotrochus clarkei species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Omphalotrochus cochisensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	290 Ma Permian	269 Ma Permian
Omphalotrochus helcinus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Omphalotrochus hessensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	290 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Omphalotrochus kalitvaensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	303 Ma Carboniferous	302 Ma Carboniferous
Omphalotrochus kalmiussi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Omphalotrochus karakubensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Omphalotrochus spinosus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	279 Ma Permian	279 Ma Permian
Omphalotrochus whitneyi ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	299 Ma Carboniferous	269 Ma Permian
Omphalotrochus wolfcampensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	299 Ma Carboniferous	299 Ma Carboniferous
Pleurotomaria obtusispira ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		46	304 Ma Carboniferous	279 Ma Permian
Solarium antiquum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1864	Omphalotrochus Meek
1876	Euomphalus (Omphalotrochus) de Koninck p. 41
1945	Omphalotrochus Knight p. 586
1960	Omphalotrochus Knight et al. p. 196
1981	Omphalotrochus Morris and Cleevely
1984	Omphalotrochus Linsley and Kier
2002	Omphalotrochus Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Omphalotrochus Bouchet et al. pp. 119, 241

References

Meek F. B. Section 1. Description of the Carboniferous fossils, Palaeontology of California 1, 3-16

de Koninck L. G. Recherches sur les Fossiles Paleozoiques de la Novelle-Galles du Sud (Australie), Memoirs of the Royal Society of Science, Liege 6

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

Morris N.J., Cleevely R. J. (1981) Phanerotinus cristatus (Phillips) and the nature of euomphalacean gastropods, Molluscans, Bulletin of the British Museum of Natural History (Geology) 35 3, 195-212

Linsley R. M., Kier W.M. (1984) The Paragastropoda: a proposal for a new class of Paleozoic Mollusca, Malacologia 25 1, 241-254

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

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Geol. Surv. Calif. Pal., 1 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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

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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