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Aspidotheca tripleura

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Taxonomy
Salpingostoma tripleura was named by Fuchs (1913). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Aspidotheca tripleura by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1913Salpingostoma tripleura Fuchs
2023Aspidotheca tripleura Wagner p. 3642

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPterothecidae
subfamilyPedasiolinae
genusAspidotheca
speciestripleura()

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.

Aspidotheca tripleura Fuchs 1913
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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: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 18:36:46
Modified: 2009-09-20 23:23:22
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available