Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Full reference: B.J. Chronic. 1949. Invertebrate paleontology (excepting fuslinids and corals). Upper Paleozoic of Peru
Belongs to Retispira according to K. Pinilla and N. Sabattini 2013
See also Chronic 1949 and Chronic 1953
Sister taxa: Knightites (Retispira) hanzawai, Knightites (Retispira) striata, Knightites (Retispira) warthi, Retispira albapinensis, Retispira angustifasciata, Retispira asiatica, Retispira bellireticulata, Retispira bilabiatus, Retispira bimorpha, Retispira bittneri, Retispira boltoni, Retispira carinatus, Retispira chenmazijingensis, Retispira chernyshevi, Retispira christinae, Retispira cincta, Retispira clarkei, Retispira concinna, Retispira crucilirata, Retispira culleni, Retispira decussatus, Retispira deflectus, Retispira devonica, Retispira elegans, Retispira elevata, Retispira emerii, Retispira espinasa, Retispira exilis, Retispira fascireticulatus, Retispira fragilis, Retispira guizhouensis, Retispira hibernicus, Retispira hohenlimburgensis, Retispira integra, Retispira irwinensis, Retispira kansasensis, Retispira kattaensis, Retispira keyniana, Retispira khaophrikensis, Retispira leda, Retispira lyelli, Retispira makatikhae, Retispira marcouianus, Retispira matanensis, Retispira meekiana, Retispira modesta, Retispira monronensis, Retispira mowensis, Retispira multicancellata, Retispira multilirata, Retispira multiscalpta, Retispira navicula, Retispira ningxiaensis, Retispira nodocostata, Retispira nodulifera, Retispira nolani, Retispira ordinata, Retispira ornatissima, Retispira ornatus, Retispira otsego, Retispira patagoniensis, Retispira perelegans, Retispira puchenpraensis, Retispira qingshuiheensis, Retispira qingshuihensis, Retispira repertus, Retispira reticulata, Retispira reticulatus, Retispira retifera, Retispira rumpfi, Retispira schwelmensis, Retispira sinensis, Retispira solignaci, Retispira strictocanalicula, Retispira strictura, Retispira subtilistriata, Retispira suhaensis, Retispira sullivani, Retispira tasselli, Retispira temnonema, Retispira tenuilineata, Retispira texana, Retispira textiliformis, Retispira textilis, Retispira triangularis, Retispira tumidus, Retispira undata, Retispira waverliensis, Retispira yochelsoni
Type specimen: AMNH 26989/1:2, a shell. Its type locality is AMNH298, Bed 39a, Pasaje-Picchu Section 8, which is in an Asselian/Sakmarian marine limestone in Peru.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at AMNH298, Bed 39a, Pasaje-Picchu Section 8
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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