Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Alternative combinations: Bellerophon nodocostatus, Bucanopsis nodocostata, Knightites (Retispira) nodocostata, Patellostium nodicostatum, Patellostium nodocostatum

Synonyms: Bellerophon rugopleurus Gurley 1884, Bucanopsis rugopleurus Gurley 1884, Knightites (Retispira) rugopleurus Gurley 1884, Patellostium rugopleurus Gurley 1884

Full reference: W. F. E. Gurley. 1884. New Carboniferous fossils. Gurley Bulletin 2:1-12

Belongs to Retispira according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Girty 1899, Girty 1909, Gurley 1884, Weller 1929, Yochelson 1960 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967

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

Type specimens:

• Retispira nodocostata: Its type locality is Upper Coal Measures near Oakwood, which is in a Missourian carbonate limestone in the Sturgis Formation of Illinois
• Knightites (Retispira) rugopleurus: Its type locality is Upper Coal Measures near Oakwood, which is in a Missourian carbonate limestone in the Sturgis Formation of Illinois.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

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