Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae
Alternative combinations: Bellerophon acutilira, Bellerophon acutilirata, Protowarthia acutilira, Sinuitopsis acutilira
Full reference: J. Hall. 1859. Notes and observations upon the fossils of the Goniatite Limestone, in the Marcellus shale of the Hamilton group, and those of the Goniatite beds of Rockford, Indiana, with some analogous forms from the Hamilton Group proper. Annual report of the Regents of the University of the State of New York on the State Cabinet of Natural History and the Historical and Antiquarian collection annexed thereto 13:95-112
Belongs to Sinuitina according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Blodgett et al. 1999, Clarke and Swartz 1913, Hall 1859, Hall 1879, Rollins and Batten 1968 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sister taxa: Sinuitina (Globosinuitina), Sinuitina (Sinuitina), Sinuitina brevilineatus, Sinuitina cordiformis, Sinuitina duchastelii, Sinuitina gratiosus, Sinuitina hyalina, Sinuitina matuta, Sinuitina morzadeci, Sinuitina multirugatus, Sinuitina nudidorsa, Sinuitina oldhami, Sinuitina parva, Sinuitina planilata, Sinuitina portulacoides, Sinuitina punjabica, Sinuitina slavinka, Sinuitina spinari
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (7: New York collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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