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Bellerophon tenuifascia

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon tenuifascia was named by Sowerby (1825) [= Conchyliolithus Nautilites hiulcus var. c Martin 1809 p. 9]. It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1825Bellerophon tenuifascia Sowerby p. 109 figs. pl. 470 f. 3
1840Bellerophon tenuifascia de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny p. 201 figs. pl. 1 f. 5-7; pl. 5 f. 14-18
1850Bellerophon tenuifascia d'Orbigny p. 126
1883Bellerophon tenuifascia de Koninck p. 183 figs. pl. 38 f. 8-10; pl. 42 f. 1-3
1931Bellerophon tenuifascia Weir pp. 789 - 790 figs. pl. 1 f. 9

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

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 tenuifascia Sowerby 1825
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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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Asbian to the top of the Brigantian or 340.00000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Visean346.7 - 330.9Belgium (LiƩge) Bellerophon tenuifascia (147082)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (Isle of Man) Bellerophon tenuifascia (147189)
Asbian340.0 - 336.0United Kingdom (England) Bellerophon tenuifascia (5995)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Bellerophon tenuifascia (67670)