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Bellerophon vigilii

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon vigilii was named by Stache (1877) [Bellerophon Vigilii]. It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. deflectus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Bellerophon vigilii Stache pp. 298 - 299 figs. pl. 2 f. 2a-d
1903Bellerophon vigilii Diener p. 180 figs. Pl 8, figs 15-17
1927Bellerophon vigilii Ogilvie Gordon
1931Bellerophon vigilii Reed p. 47
1933Bellerophon vigilii Vaillant-Couturier Treat p. 82 figs. pl. 5 f. 4, 4a
1982Bellerophon vigilii Karczewski p. 98 figs. Pl 35, figs 2,4; pl 36, figs 3,6

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

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 vigilii Stache 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height220.820.221.520.90.919

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: base of the Kungurian to the top of the Changhsingian or 279.30000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen Bellerophon vigilii (145695)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Madagascar (Diana) Bellerophon vigilii (81973 81987)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17India Bellerophon vigilii (230622)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Bellerophon vigilii (126295 212247)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan Bellerophon vigilii (126896 126981)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Italy (South Tyrol) Bellerophon vigilii (204983)