Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Synonyms: Aiptospira Wang 1980, Extendilabrum Wang 1980, Singulitubus Wang 1980, Tetratubispira Wang 1980
Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1945. Some new genera of the Bellerophontacea. Journal of Paleontology 19:333-340
Parent taxon: Knightitinae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Knight et al. 1960, Pan and Yu 1993, Sepkoski 2002 and Wang and Xi 1980
Sister taxa: Anapetopsis, Cymatospira, Knightites, Retispira
Subtaxa: Extendilabrum heshanensis Patellilabia alticarinata Patellilabia aplanata Patellilabia britannica Patellilabia chesterensis Patellilabia junior Patellilabia laevigata Patellilabia rhombadella Patellilabia scriptiferus Patellilabia sulcata Patellilabia tentoriolum
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Permian of China (8 collections), Peru (1), United States (7: New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Poland (1), the United Kingdom (1), United States (26: Alabama, Arkansas, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, New Mexico, Ohio)
• Devonian of United States (1: Iowa)
Total: 45 collections including 51 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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