Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Full reference: R. C. Moore. 1941. Upper Pennsylvanian gastropods from Kansas. State Geological Survey of Kansas Bulletin 38(4):121-162
Parent taxon: Knightitinae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Anapetopsis, Cymatospira, Patellilabia, Retispira
Subtaxa: Knightites (Knightites) Knightites bransoni Knightites maximus Knightites medius Knightites multicornutus
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (14: New Mexico, Texas collections)
• Carboniferous of the Russian Federation (1), United States (17: Indiana, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
Total: 32 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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