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Bellerophon bicarenus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Synonyms
  • Bellerophon scalifer was named by de Koninck (1883) [= Bellerophon bicarenus de Koninck 1843 pl. 38 f. 8, not pl. 37 f. 1]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Visé, which is in a Visean carbonate limestone in the Calcaire de Seilles Formation of Belgium.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Bellerophon bicarenus by Wagner (2023).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Bellerophon bicarenus Léveillé p. 38 figs. pl. 2 f. 5-7
1843Bellerophon bicarenus de Koninck figs. pl. 27 f. 1
1850Bellerophon bicarinus d'Orbigny p. 126
1883Bellerophon bicarenus de Koninck p. 139 figs. pl. 39 f. 11-13
1883Bellerophon scalifer de Koninck p. 141 figs. pl. 40 f. 4-8. not 10
1931Bellerophon bicarenus Weir p. 803
1931Bellerophon scalifer Weir pp. 805 - 806 figs. pl. 4 f. 8-11
2023Bellerophon bicarenus Wagner p. S7886

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

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.

Bellerophon bicarenus Léveillé 1835
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Invalid names: Bellerophon scalifer de Koninck 1883 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: slow-movingg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:42:55
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:33
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Visean or 346.70000 to 330.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.3Belgium (Liége) Bellerophon scalifer (147082)