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Ptychosphaera convolutus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon convolutus was named by de Koninck (1876). It is not extant. Its type locality is Receptaculites Limestone, Taemas, 20 kilometers southwest of Yass, which is in an Emsian marine limestone in the Taemas Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Ptychosphaera convolutus by Tassell (1982), Frýda and Manda (1997), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Bellerophon convolutus de Koninck
1982Ptychosphaera convolutus Tassell pp. 5 - 6 figs. pl. 1 f. 1-5
1997Ptychosphaera convolutus Frýda and Manda p. 67
2023Ptychosphaera convolutus Wagner p. 4567

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyCymbulariinae
genusPtychosphaera
speciesconvolutus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Ptychosphaera convolutus de Koninck 1876
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available