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Retispira culleni

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Knightites (Retispira) culleni was named by Campbell and Engel (1963). Its type specimen is F.7534, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is L76, Rangari Section, 6.2 km north, 2.5 km east of Kelvin, which is in a Hastarian carbonate limestone in the Rangari limestone Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Retispira culleni by Cook et al. (2003) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Knightites (Retispira) culleni Campbell and Engel p. 89–90 figs. pl. 6 f. 27-33
2003Retispira culleni Cook et al. p. 184
2023Retispira culleni Wagner p. S4748

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

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.

Retispira culleni Campbell and Engel 1963
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
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: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Hastarian or 358.90000 to 353.80000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Hastarian358.9 - 353.8Australia (New South Wales) Knightites culleni (type locality: 75621)
Kinderhookian358.9 - 352.0Australia (New South Wales) Knightites culleni (75614)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7Australia (New South Wales) Knightites culleni (43904 43949 44079 44088 44156 44158 44161)