Tergomya - Cyrtonellida - Cyrtolitidae
Alternative spellings: Bellerophon (Sinuitopsis), Sinuites (Sinuitopsis)
Full reference: J. Perner. 1903. Gastéropodes, Tome 1: Patellidae et Bellerophontidae 1-164
Parent taxon: Cyrtolitidae according to R. J. Horný 1986
See also Knight et al. 1960, Sepkoski 2002, Starobogatov 1970 and Troedsson 1919
Sister taxa: Carcassonnellinae, Cloudia, Cyclocyrtonella, Cyrtolites, Cyrtonellopsis, Kolihadiscus, Neocyrtolites, Paracyrtolites, Quasisinuites, Sinuella, Sinuitopsina, Telamocornu, Yochelsonellis
Subtaxa: Bellerophon (Sinuitopsis) consobrinus Sinuitopsis congruens Sinuitopsis hornyi Sinuitopsis neglecta Sinuitopsis nodosa Sinuitopsis subquadrata
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal grazer
Distribution:
• Silurian of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Dobrotivian of the Czech Republic (1)
• Letna of the Czech Republic (1)
• Ordovician of the Czech Republic (18), Morocco (3), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 25 collections including 29 occurrences
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