Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative spelling: Bellerophon (Cymbularia)
Synonyms: Carinaropsis (Phragmostoma) Hall 1861, Phragmostoma Hall 1861
Full reference: E. Koken. 1896. Die Leitfossilien. Ein Handbuch für den Unterricht und für das Bestimmen von Versteinerungen 1-848
Parent taxon: Cymbulariinae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Hall 1861, Horný 1963, Knight et al. 1960, Perner 1903, Sepkoski 2002 and Wahlman 1992
Sister taxa: Beyrichidiscus, Coelocyclus, Collina, Joleaudella, Prosoptychus, Ptychosphaera
Subtaxa: Bellerophon carinatus Cymbularia aequalis Cymbularia alatus Cymbularia angusta Cymbularia bullatus Cymbularia compressa Cymbularia cultrijugata Cymbularia decipens Cymbularia decorata Cymbularia drummuckensis Cymbularia galeata Cymbularia impressa Cymbularia janica Cymbularia klouceki Cymbularia lenticularis Cymbularia merita Cymbularia nuciformis Cymbularia nummulina Cymbularia pygmaea Cymbularia roemeri Cymbularia sculptus Cymbularia stricta Cymbularia turnbulli Cymbularia woodlandensis
Type: Cymbularia galeata
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Czechia (1 collection)
• Silurian of Czechia (3), the United Kingdom (7)
• Arenig of France (1)
• Ordovician of Czechia (4), Estonia (9), Norway (16), Spain (1), Sweden (1), the United Kingdom (5)
Total: 48 collections including 51 occurrences
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