Rotheca is a genus of flowering plants in the family Lamiaceae. Estimates of the number of species in the genus vary from about 35 to as many as 60. Three of the species are native to tropical Asia, with the rest occurring in Sub-Saharan Africa. The type species for the genus is Rotheca serrata. It had originally been named Rotheca ternifolia, but this name is now considered illegitimate.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclonema, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 4.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3245036	https://www.gbif.org/species/3245036
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8445	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8445

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Platyceratidae : Cyclonema

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Platyceratidae : Cyclonema

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	Platyceratoidea
family	Platyceratidae	Hall 1859
genus	Cyclonema	Hall 1852

Scientific Name

Cyclonema Hall, 1852

Name Published In

Nat. Hist. N. York, 6, 2, 1851

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cyclonema	subgenus	belongs to Euomphalus	stated without evidence	Hall and Whitfield, 1872
Cyclonema	genus	belongs to Cyclonematidae	stated with evidence	Fischer, 1885
Cyclonema	subgenus	belongs to Pleurotomaria	stated without evidence	Herrick, 1888
Cyclonema	genus	belongs to Trochonematidae	stated with evidence	Ulrich and Scofield, 1897
Cyclonema	subgenus	belongs to Turbo	stated without evidence	Paeckelmann, 1913
Cyclonema	genus	belongs to Platyceratidae	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Cyclonema	genus	belongs to Euomphalina	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Cyclonema	genus	belongs to Platyceratidae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

470 - 458 Ma
Middle Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

168 - 161 Ma
Jurassic

Environment

marine (based on Platyceratidae)

Motility

facultatively mobile, epibiont

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

coprophage, deposit feeder

Ontogeny

accretion (based on Platyceratoidea)

Ecospace Comments

LIFE HISTORY: Probably actively moved to crinoids; Data from Meyer et al (2009); not always attached to crinoids and possibly could also feed through deposit-feeding or suspension-feeding. MORPHOLOGY: Thick inner aragonitic layer. BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite,minor ribbing

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. Hall. 1852. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower middle division of the New York system. Paleontology of New York 2:1-362

Wikipedia

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest
👁 Image Cyclonema (Cyclonema) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)	8	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	416 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
👁 Image Cyclonema (Dyeria) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)	1	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
👁 Image Cyclonema aiens ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	3	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
👁 Image Cyclonema ampullosum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonemina ananas ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Cyclonema antiquum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Cyclonema apicatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Cyclonema basleoensis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyclonema bellula species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Cyclonema bellulum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Cyclonema bilix ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	21	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	427 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema bitauniensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	290 Ma Permian	290 Ma Permian
👁 Image Cyclonema boreale ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
Cyclonema brouweri species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Cyclonema canaliculata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
👁 Image Cyclonemina cancellatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	443 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonemina cives ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	423 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema composita ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	426 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema consepultum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema convergens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema crebristria ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	439 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema cushingi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
👁 Image Cyclonema daytonensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	443 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema decora ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema delicatula ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	4	441 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Cyclonema delicatulum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Cyclonema derelictum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Cyclonema fasciata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema fluctuatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
👁 Image Cyclonema formosum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema gracile ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
👁 Image Cyclonema guilleri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Cyclonema gyronemoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema hageri ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Cyclonema hallianum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Cyclonema hiiumaa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Cyclonema humerosum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
👁 Image Cyclonema inaequistriatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
👁 Image Cyclonema inflatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Cyclonema infrequens ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	431 Ma Silurian	431 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema karlsteinensis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema laudabile ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
👁 Image Cyclonema limatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Cyclonema lineatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Cyclonema lydiamariarum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Cyclonema margaritoides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
👁 Image Cyclonema marylandense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Cyclonema mediale ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
👁 Image Cyclonema modestum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema montrealense ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Cyclonema multivolve species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Cyclonema nodulosum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Cyclonema obsolescens ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Cyclonema parvimedium ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema percarinata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	6	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
👁 Image Cyclonema percingulatum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	443 Ma Silurian	443 Ma Silurian
Cyclonema planulatum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Cyclonema praecipitum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
Cyclonema praeciptum species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Cyclonema quadricarinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Cyclonema simulans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cyclonema sinile species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Cyclonema statshiunaica ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cyclonema subglobosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Cyclonema sublaeve ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Cyclonema sulphuriferum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cyclonema supralirata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Cyclonema tenuissimum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cyclonema textile species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Cyclonema textilis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	20	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
👁 Image Cyclonema timida ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	426 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema timidum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	1	426 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema transversum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Cyclonema trepidans ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema varians ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Cyclonema varicosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Cyclonema varicosum ✝ species	listed (PBDB)	24	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	439 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Cyclonema varispirum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
👁 Image Cyclonema ventricosa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Cyclonema vulgaris species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Cyclora minuta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	12	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
👁 Image Eunema leptonotum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	466 Ma Middle Ordovician	466 Ma Middle Ordovician
👁 Image Gyronema dowlingii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Gyronema intermedium ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	461 Ma Middle Ordovician
👁 Image Holopea inopinata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Holopea lepidula ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	423 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
👁 Image Holopea niagarensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Holopea servus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	3	443 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Holopea timida species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Naticopsis compar ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Pleurotomaria aiens species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleurotomaria bilix species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleurotomaria margaritoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Pleurotomaria percarinata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Pleurotomaria subundata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
👁 Image Pleurotomaria thalia ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	4	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
👁 Image Strophostylus filicinctus ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	439 Ma Silurian	439 Ma Silurian
Turbo crebristria species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
👁 Image Turbo rupestre ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	12	456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1852	Cyclonema Hall
1872	Euomphalus (Cyclonema) Hall and Whitfield p. 186
1885	Cyclonema Fischer
1888	Pleurotomaria (Cyclonema) Herrick p. 86
1897	Cyclonema Ulrich and Scofield
1903	Cyclonema (Cyclonemina) Perner figs. pl. 58

Year	Name and Author
1907	Cyclonema (Cyclonemina) Perner figs. pl. 58
1913	Turbo (Cyclonema) Paeckelmann p. 225
1960	Cyclonema Knight et al. p. 240
2002	Cyclonema Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Cyclonema Bouchet et al. pp. 60, 246

References

Hall J. Containing descriptions of the organic remains of the lower middle division of the New York system, Paleontology of New York 2, 1-362

Hall J., Whitfield R. P. Desciption of new species of fossils from the vicinity of Louisville, Kentucky, and the Falls of Ohio, Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York 24, 1-200

Herrick C. L. The geology of Licking County, Part III. The Subcarboniferous and Waverly groups, Denison University Scientific Laboratories Bulletin 3, 13-110

Ulrich E. O., Scofield W. H. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota, The Paleontology of Minnesota 39 2, 813-1081

Perner J. (1903) , Gastéropodes, Tome 1: Patellidae et Bellerophontidae, 1-164

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

Paeckelmann W. (1913) Das Oberdevon des Bergischen Landes, Königlich Preussischen Geologischen Landesanstalt 70, 1-256

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

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

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

SN2000: Brands, S. J. (compiler) 1989-2005. Systema Naturae 2000. Amsterdam, The Netherlands (2006 version). Available online at http://sn2000.taxonomy.nl/. - 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

Nat. Hist. N. York, 6, 2, 1851 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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Cyclonema ✝

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Synonymy List

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Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Synonymy List

References

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Cyclonema ✝