Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Alternative combination: Knightites (Retispira) nodulifera

Full reference: R. D. Hoare. 1961. Desmoinesian Brachiopoda and Mollusca from southwest Missouri. Missouri University Studies 36:1-262

Belongs to Retispira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Hoare 1961 and Hoare et al. 1997

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 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 tenuilirata, Retispira texana, Retispira textiliformis, Retispira textilis, Retispira triangularis, Retispira tumidus, Retispira undata, Retispira waverliensis, Retispira yochelsoni

Type specimen: U. Missouri 13428, a shell. Its type locality is Loc. 36. Waste banks of the Black Diamond Coal Company mine on the east side of US Hwy. 69, just south of Brush Creek, ~5.0 miles south of Pittsburg, which is in a Desmoinesian marine limestone/shale in the Krebs Formation of Missouri.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Loc. 36. Waste banks of the Black Diamond Coal Company mine on the east side of US Hwy. 69, just south of Brush Creek, ~5.0 miles south of Pittsburg

Show more details

Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.