Tremanotidae

Tremanotidae is an extinct family of Paleozoic fossil molluscs with isostrophically coiled shells. They occupy an uncertain position taxonomically: it is not known whether they were (gastropods (snails) or monoplacophorans.

Tremanotidae
Drawing of dorsal view and ventral view of the shell of Boiotremus longitudinalis. Head region is on the left.
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda or Monoplacophora
Superfamily:
Bellerophontoidea
Family:
Tremanotidae

Naef, 1913[1]
Genera

see text.

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005[2] categorizes Tremanotidae in the superfamilia Bellerophontoidea within the Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position with isostrophically coiled shells (Gastropoda or Monoplacophora). This family has no subfamilies.

Genera
Boiotremus berauennsis.
Goniotremus insectus.

Genera in the family Tremanotidae include:[3]

  • Tremanotus Hall, 1867[4] - type genus of the family Tremanotidae. Synonyms: Gyrotrema, Tremagyrus.
    • Tremanotus angustata - synonym: Tremanotus alpheus.
    • Tremanotus aymestriensis
    • Tremanotus chicagoensis
    • Tremanotus civis
    • Tremanotus compressus
    • Tremanotus crassolare
    • Tremanotus cyclocostatus
    • Tremanotus deficiens
    • Tremanotus dilatatus - synonym: Tremanotus girvanensis.
    • Tremanotus inopinata
    • Tremanotus minutus
    • Tremanotus nautiloidea
    • Tremanotus nobile
    • Tremanotus parvus
    • Tremanotus pervoluta
    • Tremanotus planorbis
    • Tremanotus plicosum
    • Tremanotus polygyratus
    • Tremanotus portlocki
    • Tremanotus pritchardi
    • Tremanotus serpentinus
    • Tremanotus trigonostoma
    • Tremanotus tuboides
  • Boiotremus Horný, 1962
    • Boiotremus beraunensis
    • Boiotremus caelatus
    • Boiotremus distans
    • Boiotremus fortis
    • Boiotremus kosovensis
    • Boiotremus longitudinalis (Lindström, 1884) - synonyms: Tremanotus longitudinalis, Tremanotus incipiens
  • Goniotremus Horný, 1992
    • Goniotremus insectus - synonym: Goniotremus polygonus.
    • Goniotremus involutus

References
  1. Naef A. 1913. Ergebnisse und Fortschrifte der Zoologie, 3(2): 157.
  2. Bouchet P. & Rocroi J.-P. (Ed.); Frýda J., Hausdorf B., Ponder W., Valdés Á. & Warén A. 2005. Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia: International Journal of Malacology, 47(1-2). ConchBooks: Hackenheim, Germany. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997. 397 pp. http://www.vliz.be/Vmdcdata/imis2/ref.php?refid=78278
  3. Tremanotinae. The Paleobiology Database, accessed 26 August 2009.
  4. Hall J. 1868. Account of some new or little known species of fossils from rocks of the age of the Niagara group. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 20:305-352.
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