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Bucaniid gastropods from the upper Ordovician of Baltica, with a discussion of the Bucaniinae
Author(s) -
Ebbestad Jan Ove R.
Publication year - 1999
Publication title -
palaeontology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.69
H-Index - 63
eISSN - 1475-4983
pISSN - 0031-0239
DOI - 10.1111/1475-4983.00066
Subject(s) - whorl (mollusc) , baltica , paleontology , genus , ordovician , biology , holotype , type species , subfamily , aperture (computer memory) , gastropoda , zoology , biochemistry , physics , gene , acoustics
ABSTRACT. Three species of bucaniid gastropods from the upper Ordovician of Norway and Sweden are revised: Euomphalopterus excavatus is redescribed as a species of Phragmolites with very wide umbilici and ornamentation similar to that of Offleya . Three out of five specimens from the original type series of Temnodiscus lindstroemi remain, representing two different species of two different genera. The original species name is restricted to a species of Phragmolites , whereas two specimens are considered conspecific with Megalomphala ? carinata sp. nov., although the high carina, the flaring aperture and the laterally compressed whorls seen in this species are unusual for the genus. The gastropod subfamily Bucaniinae of the family Bucaniidae is here considered to comprise nine genera. Placement of Phragmolites in this family is supported by its deep slit, tangential aperture, transverse growth lines, spiral and collabral ornamentation and the presence of a longitudinal keel on the base of the whorl.