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Sorobanobaca

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon (Sorobanobaca) was named by Nishida (1969). Its type is Bellerophon (Sorobanobaca) matsumotoi.

It was reranked as Sorobanobaca by Wagner (2023).

It was assigned to Bellerophon by Nishida (1969); and to Bellerophontidae by Wagner (2023).

Subtaxa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Bellerophon (Sorobanobaca) Nishida p. 84
2023Sorobanobaca Wagner p. G1786

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

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.

G. †Sorobanobaca Nishida 1969
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
N. Nishida 1969Bellerophontid gastropods having the colabral undulations on the upper whorl surface and a strongly thickened inductura that may be pad-like in shape and is not expanded far out of the aperture; slit narrow and shallow, giving rise to a moderately high dorsal ridge; selenizone on the crest narrow and obscure; phaneromphalous; ornament consisting of colabrals and spirals but colabrals only in some specimens; upper part of the lateral slopes well flattened and nearly vertical.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 14:40:27
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:14
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan (Shikoku) Bellerophon matsumotoi (149241)