Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative combinations: Bellerophon elegans, Bucania elegans, Bucaniopsis elegans
Synonyms: Bellerophon decussatus Sandberger and Sandberger 1855, Bucania decussata Sandberger and Sandberger 1855, Retispira decussata Sandberger and Sandberger 1855
Full reference: A. E. de Ferrusac and A. D. d'Orbigny. 1840. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles 1-361
Belongs to Retispira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny 1840, de Koninck 1883, Heidelberger 2001, Koken 1896, Rollins et al. 1971, Sandberger and Sandberger 1855 and Weir 1931
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 elevata, Retispira emerii, Retispira espinasa, Retispira exilis, Retispira fascireticulatus, Retispira fragilis, Retispira guizhouensis, Retispira hibernicus, Retispira hohenlimburgensis, Retispira incerta, 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 textiliformis, Retispira textilis, Retispira triangularis, Retispira tumidus, Retispira undata, Retispira waverliensis, Retispira yochelsoni
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Belgium (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)
• Devonian of Germany (3)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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