Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative combinations: Bellerophon textiliformis, Bucanopsis textiliformis, Knightites (Cymatospira) textiliformis, Knightites (Retispira) textiliformis
Synonyms: Bellerophon bellus Keyes 1894, Bucanopsis bella Keyes 1894, Knightites (Retispira) bellus Keyes 1894
Full reference: W.F.E. Gurley. 1883. New Carboniferous fossils. Gurley Bulletin 1:1-9
Belongs to Retispira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Girty 1915, Gurley 1883, Hoare et al. 1997, Keyes 1894, Knight 1945, Sayre 1930, 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 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 tenuilirata, Retispira texana, Retispira textilis, Retispira triangularis, Retispira tumidus, Retispira undata, Retispira waverliensis, Retispira yochelsoni
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (1: Wyoming collection)
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Kansas, Missouri)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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