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Retispira bittneri

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon bittneri was named by Newell and Kummel (1942). Its type specimen is University of Wisconsin, No. 21341 and is a mold. Its type locality is Red Canyon gully, which is in a Griesbachian shallow subtidal packstone in the Dinwoody Formation of Wyoming.

It was recombined as Retispira bittneri by Yochelson et al. (1985) and Kaim and Nützel (2011).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Bellerophon bittneri Newell and Kummel p. 954 figs. Pl 3, fig 12
1985Retispira bittneri Yochelson et al. p. 100 figs. 1,2.1-2.6
2011Retispira bittneri Kaim and Nützel p. 193

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

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 bittneri Newell and Kummel 1942
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Griesbachian or 251.90200 to 250.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Griesbachian251.902 - 250.5USA (Wyoming) Bellerophon bittneri (121326)