Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae
Alternative spellings: Bellerophon (Plectonotus), Bucanella (Plectonotus)
Full reference: J. M. Clarke. 1899. Molluscos devonianos do Estado do Parú, Brazil. Archivos do Museu Nacional do Rio de Janeiro 10(1):49-174
Parent taxon: Plectonotinae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Boucot and Yochelson 1966, Horný 1963, Knight et al. 1960, Koken and Perner 1925, Sepkoski 2002, Wahlman 1992 and Williams and Breger 1916
Sister taxa: Atlantophon, Boucotonotus, Ptomatis, Tetranota, Tritonophon
Subtaxa: Plectonotus (Plectonotoides) Plectonotus (Plectonotus) Plectonotus derbyi Plectonotus dereimsi Plectonotus hapsideus Plectonotus laticarinata Plectonotus quadrilobatus Plectonotus raricostatus Plectonotus rectangularis Plectonotus reissi Plectonotus salteri
Type: Plectonotus derbyi
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Algeria (1 collection), Antarctica (3), Brazil (19), Canada (1: Quebec), France (1), Ghana (1), Libya (1), Saudi Arabia (1), South Africa (9), United States (6: Florida, Maine, Michigan), Uruguay (1)
• Silurian of Argentina (2), Brazil (2), Canada (4: Nova Scotia, Ontario), France (1), Peru (1), Sweden (3), the United Kingdom (6), United States (6: Maryland, New York, Ohio)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1), United States (5: Maryland, New York, Virginia)
Total: 75 collections including 80 occurrences
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