Lunulites Lamarck, 1816

Type species: Lunulites radiata Lamarck, 1816

Synonyms Author Type Species
Dimiclausa Gregorio, 1890 Lunulites (Dimiclausa) fenestrata Gregorio, 1890
Trochopora d'Orbigny, 1849 Lunulites conica Defrance, 1823

This genus includes the species:

  1. Lunulites androsaces
  2. Michelotti, 1838 Oligocene-Pliocene Europe WoRMS 1404688
  3. Lunulites baisariensis
  4. Kvachko, 1995 Cretaceous Kazakhstan WoRMS 1404689
  5. Lunulites bouei
  6. Lea, 1833 Paleogene Eocene USA Alabama WoRMS 1404690
  7. Lunulites bugei
  8. Reguant, 1967 Paleogene Eocene Spain WoRMS 1404691
  9. Lunulites burdigalensis
  10. Canu, 1909 Miocene-Pliocene Europe WoRMS 1404692
  11. Lunulites conica
  12. (Defrance, 1823) Neogene Miocene France WoRMS 1411908
  13. Lunulites conulus
  14. Håkansson & Voigt, 1996 Upper Cretaceous Maastrichtian Denmark WoRMS 1404693
  15. Lunulites dentifera
  16. Canu & Bassler, 1932 Eocene-Oligocene Belgium WoRMS 1404694
  17. Lunulites diluvii
  18. Voigt, 1962 Cretaceous Russia WoRMS 1404695
  19. Lunulites distans
  20. Lonsdale, 1845 Eocene-Oligocene USA Delaware WoRMS 1404696
  21. Lunulites elegans
  22. (d'Orbigny, 1852) Late Cretaceous France, Germany WoRMS 1411909
  23. Lunulites fenestrata
  24. (de Gregorio, 1890) Paleogene Eocene Priabonian USA Mississippi WoRMS 1411910
  25. Lunulites foveolata
  26. Håkansson & Voigt, 1996 Upper Cretaceous Maastrichtian Denmark WoRMS 1404697
  27. Lunulites giganteus
  28. Favorskaya, 1980 Upper Cretaceous Turkmenistan WoRMS 1404698
  29. Lunulites goldfussi
  30. (von Hagenow, 1839) Upper Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany, Netherlands WoRMS 1411911
  31. Lunulites grandipora
  32. (Canu & Bassler, 1920) Paleogene Eocene Lutetian USA Mississippi WoRMS 1411912
  33. Lunulites grandipora claibornensis
  34. (McGuirt, 1941) Paleogene Eocene Lutetian USA Louisiana WoRMS 1415168
  35. Lunulites hagenowi
  36. Bosquet? in von Hagenow, 1851 Upper Cretaceous Maastrichtian Netherlands WoRMS 1404699
  37. Lunulites hippocrepis
  38. Römer, 1863 Paleogene Oligocene Europe WoRMS 1404700
  39. Lunulites immensa
  40. Håkansson & Voigt, 1996 Upper Cretaceous Maastrichtian Denmark WoRMS 1404701
  41. Lunulites incrustata
  42. (Voigt, 1924) Cretaceous Santonian Germany WoRMS 1411913
  43. Lunulites incumbens
  44. Brydone, 1929 Cretaceous Campanian England WoRMS 1404702
  45. Lunulites infundibulum
    (Status unknown)
  46. Scacchi, 1835 Cenozoic Italy WoRMS 1404703
  47. Lunulites jacksonensis
  48. (Canu & Bassler, 1920) Eocene USA WoRMS 1411914
  49. Lunulites laevigata
  50. Canu, 1907 Paleogene Eocene Lutetian France WoRMS 1404704
  51. Lunulites lamellifera
  52. Canu, 1916 Neogene Miocene Tortonian France WoRMS 1404705
  53. Lunulites latdorfensis
  54. Stoliczka, 1862 Paleogene Eocene-Oligocene Germany WoRMS 1404706
  55. Lunulites ligulata
  56. (Canu & Bassler, 1920) Paleogene Eocene-Oligocene USA Mississippi WoRMS 1411915
  57. Lunulites 'ligulata'
    (Homonym)
  58. Vigneaux, 1949 Neogene Miocene Aquitanian France WoRMS 1404707
  59. Lunulites marambionis
  60. Hara, Mörs, Hagström & Reguero, 2018 Paleogene Eocene Antarctica Seymour Island WoRMS 1404708
  61. Lunulites martini
  62. Voigt, 1924 Upper Cretaceous Santonian Germany WoRMS 1404709
  63. Lunulites microporus
  64. Römer, 1863 Paleogene Oligocene Chattian Germany WoRMS 1404710
  65. Lunulites microstoma
  66. Håkansson & Voigt, 1996 Upper Cretaceous Maastrichtian Denmark WoRMS 1404711
  67. Lunulites mitra
  68. von Hagenow, 1839 Upper Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany, Denmark WoRMS 1404712
  69. Lunulites octonaria
  70. Voigt, 1962 Upper Cretaceous Russia WoRMS 1404713
  71. Lunulites ovalis
  72. (d'Orbigny, 1852) Early Cretaceous France WoRMS 1411916
  73. Lunulites ovata
  74. (Canu & Bassler, 1920) Paleogene Eocene Ypresian USA, Alabama WoRMS 1411917
  75. Lunulites papulata
  76. Vigneaux, 1949 Neogene Miocene Aquitanian France WoRMS 1404714
  77. Lunulites parnensis
  78. Canu, 1907 Paleogene Eocene Lutetian France WoRMS 1404715
  79. Lunulites patens
  80. Håkansson & Voigt, 1996 Upper Cretaceous Maastrichtian Denmark WoRMS 1404716
  81. Lunulites perforatus
  82. Münster in Goldfuss, 1829 Paleogene Oligocene Rupelian-Chattian Germany WoRMS 1404717
  83. Lunulites pileolus
  84. White, 1887 Neogene Miocene Brazil WoRMS 1404718
  85. Lunulites pirabicus
  86. Barbosa, 1959 Neogene Miocene Brazil WoRMS 1404719
  87. Lunulites plana (?)
  88. d'Orbigny, 1852 Late Cretaceous Coniacian-Santonian France WoRMS 1414534
  89. Lunulites pocillum
  90. Scacchi, 1835 Cenozoic Italy WoRMS 1404720
  91. Lunulites polyporus (?)
  92. Römer, 1863 Paleogene Oligocene Germany WoRMS 1414535
  93. Lunulites propinqua
  94. von Hagenow in Kade, 1850 Cretaceous Germany WoRMS 1404721
  95. Lunulites pseudocretacea
  96. Håkansson & Voigt, 1996 Upper Cretaceous Maastrichtian Denmark WoRMS 1404722
  97. Lunulites pyripora
  98. Canu, 1922 Cretaceous Maastrichtian Madagascar WoRMS 1404723
  99. Lunulites quadrata
  100. (Reuss, 1848) Miocene Italy WoRMS 1411918
  101. Lunulites quadrilatera
  102. Canu & Bassler, 1929 Paleogene Eocene Lutetian Belgium WoRMS 1404724
  103. Lunulites radiata
  104. Lamarck, 1816 Miocene France WoRMS 1404725
  105. Lunulites ratheimensis
  106. Voigt, 1987 Paleogene Paleocene Danian Germany WoRMS 1404726
  107. Lunulites richteri
  108. (von Hagenow, 1846) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany, Denmark WoRMS 1411919
  109. Lunulites rugenensis
  110. Brydone, 1929 Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany WoRMS 1404727
  111. Lunulites salebrosa
  112. (Marsson, 1887) Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany, Denmark WoRMS 1411920
  113. Lunulites saltholmensis
  114. Berthelsen, 1962 Paleogene Paleocene Danian Denmark WoRMS 1404728
  115. Lunulites scandens
  116. (Brydone, 1911) Cretaceous Coniacian England, Germany WoRMS 1411921
  117. Lunulites sella
  118. Marsson, 1887 Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany WoRMS 1404729
  119. Lunulites? semilunaris
  120. von Hagenow, 1839 Upper Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany WoRMS 1404731
  121. Lunulites spiralis
  122. von Hagenow, 1840 Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany WoRMS 1404732
  123. Lunulites 'spiralis'
    (Homonym?)
  124. Marsson, 1887 Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany WoRMS 1404733
  125. Lunulites subplena
  126. Reuss, 1855 Paleogene Eocene-Oligocene Europe WoRMS 1404734
  127. Lunulites subsemilunaris
  128. Voigt, 1962 Upper Cretaceous Russia WoRMS 1404735
  129. Lunulites sulcata
  130. Michelotti, 1838 Cenozoic France WoRMS 1404736
  131. Lunulites tenax
  132. Brydone, 1929 Cretaceous Campanian England WoRMS 1404737
  133. Lunulites tenebrosa
  134. Brydone, 1929 Cretaceous Campanian England WoRMS 1404738
  135. Lunulites tintinabula
  136. (Canu & Bassler, 1920) Paleogene Oligocene Rupelian USA Mississippi WoRMS 1411922
  137. Lunulites transiens
  138. Gregory, 1893 Paleogene Eocene England WoRMS 1404739
  139. Lunulites truncata
  140. (de Gregorio, 1890) Paleogene Eocene Lutetian-Priabonian USA Alabama WoRMS 1411923
  141. Lunulites verrucosa
  142. (Canu & Bassler, 1920) Paleogene Eocene-Oligocene SE USA WoRMS 1411924
  143. Lunulites vespertilio
  144. Håkansson & Voigt, 1996 Upper Cretaceous Maastrichtian Germany WoRMS 1404740
  145. Lunulites voigti
  146. Buge, 1973 Neogene Miocene Burdigalian-Tortonian Germany WoRMS 1404741
  147. Lunulites wemmeliensis
  148. Canu & Bassler, 1929 Paleogene Eocene Bartonian-Pribonian Belgium, France WoRMS 1404742

This information is based upon various sources, but no personal knowledge. I am indebted to the late Alan Horowitz for his compilation, and to Dr. J. Pachut. A number of species assigned to the genus Lunularia, from North America and Europe, have been here assigned to Lunulites, from the viewpoint that the genus Lunularia sensu stricto may be largely restricted to Australia. However, a lot more work is needed. Many of the species described in the 19th Century may remain forever unrecognisable.
I would be grateful for corrections to, or critical reviews of this information. This is not a 'final' version (an impossible ideal), but a working document.

[Lunulites jacksonensis] [Lunulites radiata] [Lunulites salebrosa] [Lunulites transiens]
Lunulites jacksonensis Lunulites radiata Lunulites salebrosa Lunulites transiens

Harmer notebook - entry for Dimiclausa
Harmer notebook - entry for Lunulites
Harmer notebook - entry for Trochopora

Lunulites quadrata at the Museo Rovereto, Italy

Lunulites conica at Neogene Bryozoa of Britain.

Lunulites bouei at The Fossil Forum.


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Modified on 4/12/2018 (Added L. marambionis)
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