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Collina telescopus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon (Tropidocyclus) telescopus was named by Frech (1894). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Light Gray Riffskalk, Thörl, Lake Wolayer, Carnic Alps, which is in a Pragian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Grau Riffkalk Formation of Austria.

It was recombined as Bellerophon (Coelocyclus) telescopus by Spitz (1907); it was recombined as Collina telescopa by Jhaveri (1969); it was recombined as Collina telescopus by Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by P. Wagner on 2006-03-23; modified by P. Wagner on 2025-06-26

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1894Bellerophon (Tropidocyclus) telescopus Frech p. 251
1907Bellerophon (Coelocyclus) telescopus Spitz p. 122 figs. pl. 11 f. 14
1969Collina telescopa Jhaveri p. 160 figs. pl. 20 f. 10; pl. 21 f. 2
2023Collina telescopus Wagner p. 248

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

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.

Collina telescopus Frech 1894
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Diagnosis
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