Stockumites similis ( Vöhringer, 1960 ) Korn & Weyer, 2023
publication ID |
https://doi.org/ 10.5852/ejt.2023.882.2177 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:67C909E4-C700-4F8D-B8CE-5FD9B2C5D549 |
DOI |
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8187539 |
persistent identifier |
https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EA5C14-CA44-851F-FE3D-FC2CFC638683 |
treatment provided by |
Felipe |
scientific name |
Stockumites similis ( Vöhringer, 1960 ) |
status |
comb. nov. |
Stockumites similis ( Vöhringer, 1960) comb. nov.
Figs 48–49 View Fig View Fig ; Tables 42–43 View Table 42 View Table 43
Imitoceras liratum simile Vöhringer, 1960: 127 , pl. 2 fig. 4, text-fig. 7.
Prionoceras (Imitoceras) liratum simile – Weyer 1965: 446, pl. 8 figs 1–2.
Acutimitoceras simile – Korn 1994: 49, text-figs 46a–b, 47d, 50g, 54a.
non Imitoceras (Imitoceras) simile – Ruan 1981: 75, pl. 16 figs 10–12.
Diagnosis
Species of Stockumites with a conch reaching 40 mm diameter. Conch at 5 mm dm thickly pachyconic, involute (ww/dm ~0.75; uw/dm ~0.10); at 15 mm dm thinly pachyconic, involute (ww/dm ~0.65; uw/dm ~0.00); at 30 mm dm thickly discoidal, involute (ww/dm ~0.55; uw/dm ~0.02). Whorl profile at 30 mm dm weakly depressed (ww/wh ~1.00); coiling rate moderately high (WER ~1.95). Venter broadly rounded, umbilical margin broadly rounded. Growth lines very fine, narrow-standing, with convex course. Weak constrictions on the shell surface; weak internal shell thickenings. Suture line with narrowly lanceolate external lobe and narrowly V-shaped adventive lobe.
Material examined
Holotype
GERMANY • Rhenish Mountains, Oberrödinghausen , railway cutting; Hangenberg Limestone , bed 1; Vöhringer Coll .; illustrated by Vöhringer (1960: pl. 2 fig. 4) and Korn (1994: text-fig. 46b); re-illustrated here in Fig. 48B View Fig ; GPIT-PV-63894.
Paratypes
GERMANY • 2 specimens; Rhenish Mountains , Oberrödinghausen, railway cutting; Hangenberg Limestone, bed 1; Vöhringer Coll.; GPIT-PV-63874, GPIT-PV-63878 • 1 specimen; Rhenish Mountains , Oberrödinghausen, railway cutting; Hangenberg Limestone, bed 3c; Vöhringer Coll.; GPIT-PV-63876 .
Additional material
GERMANY • 2 specimens; Rhenish Mountains , Oberrödinghausen, railway cutting; Hangenberg Limestone,bed2;Vöhringer Coll.;MB.C.31114.1–2 • 1specimen; Rhenish Mountains , Oberrödinghausen , railway cutting; Hangenberg Limestone, bed 2a; Weyer 1993–1994 Coll.; MB.C.31115 • 1 specimen; Rhenish Mountains, Oberrödinghausen , railway cutting; Hangenberg Limestone , bed 2b; Weyer 1993–1994 Coll.; MB.C.31116 • 2 specimens; Rhenish Mountains, Oberrödinghausen , road cutting; Hangenberg Limestone , bed 2; Korn 1977 Coll.; MB.C.31117.1–2 • 1 specimen; Rhenish Mountains, Oberrödinghausen , road cutting; Hangenberg Limestone , bed 1; Korn & Weyer 2000 Coll.; MB.C.31118.
Description
Holotype GPIT-PV-63894 is a specimen with partially preserved shell, 29 mm in diameter ( Fig. 48B View Fig ). It is thickly discoidal (ww/dm = 0.56) with an almost completely closed umbilicus and a moderate coiling rate (WER = 1.85). The whorl profile is characterised by a broadly rounded venter that merges continuously into the broadly rounded flanks. The umbilical margin is also evenly rounded. The shell surface bears extremely fine growth lines extending with a convex arch across the flanks. Broad but shallow shell constrictions run parallel to the growth lines ( Fig. 49D View Fig ).
Paratype GPIT-PV-63874 with 39 mm conch diameter is more slender (ww/dm = 0.51) and has a higher coiling rate (WER = 2.04). This specimen has very fine growth lines and shell constrictions, which are additionally reinforced on the inner side of the shell and therefore cause deep constrictions of the internal mould ( Fig. 48A View Fig ). The suture line of paratype GPIT-PV-63876 shows a lanceolate external lobe with weakly divergent flanks. It is almost as wide as the narrowly rounded ventrolateral saddle and the V-shaped adventive lobe ( Fig. 49C View Fig ).
The cross sections of specimen MB.C.31115 and paratype GPIT-PV-63878 allow the study of conch ontogeny up to a diameter of 30 mm ( Fig. 49 View Fig A-B). The whorl profile is crescent-shaped up to about 2 mm in diameter; after that, a transformation into a C-shaped and finally horseshoe-shaped form takes place very quickly. Both cross sections show very similar trajectories; the difference in the early juvenile stage could be due to a non-central location of the section of paratype GPIT-PV-63878.
Remarks
Stockumites similis was introduced as a subspecies of the Late Devonian species “ Imitoceras liratum ” by Vöhringer (1960). However, apart from being prionoceratids, these two species share only the thickly discoidal to pachyconic conch with shell constrictions, while the inner whorls have a very dissimilar morphology. Furthermore, the adult conch has a very low aperture in Mimimitoceras liratum ; the WER is only around 1.50 in contrast to 1.95 in S. similis .
Stockumites similis differs from S. exilis by the stouter conch; at 15 mm conch diameter, the ww/dm ratio is 0.65 for S. similis , but only 0.55 for S. exilis . In addition, the coiling rate is apparently higher in S. similis than in S. exilis (WER ~ 1.95 in S. similis but only ~ 1.75 in S. exilis ).
Other species with shell constrictions are S. convexus and S. parallelus sp. nov. Both species are more slender at 15 mm conch diameter (ww/dm = 0.55). In addition, both bear distinctly coarser growth lines, which are weakly biconvex in S. parallelus in contrast to S. similis .
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Stockumites similis ( Vöhringer, 1960 )
Korn, Dieter & Weyer, Dieter 2023 |
Acutimitoceras simile
Korn D. 1994: 49 |
Imitoceras (Imitoceras) simile
Ruan Y. 1981: 75 |
Prionoceras (Imitoceras) liratum simile
Weyer D. 1965: 446 |
Imitoceras liratum simile Vöhringer, 1960: 127
Vohringer E. 1960: 127 |