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Retispira kattaensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bucania kattaensis was named by Waagen (1880). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Katta, Lower Productus-limestone (bed 9), Salt Range, which is in a Wordian marine sandstone in the Amb Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Retispira kattaensis by Murata (1981).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Bucania kattaensis Waagen p. 153 figs. pl. 14 f. 6a-e
1922Bucania kattaensis Wanner
1981Retispira kattaensis Murata p. 130 figs. pl. 12 f. 5

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

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 kattaensis Waagen 1880
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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: base of the Artinskian to the top of the Changhsingian or 290.10000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Indonesia Bucania kattaensis (118268)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Pakistan Bucania kattaensis (type locality: 119690)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17India (Kashmir) Retispira kattaensis (115373)