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Strepsodiscus shinetonensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Tropidodiscidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon shinetonensis was named by Callaway (1877). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Shineton (Sheinton), which is in a Migneintian offshore shale in the Shineton Shale Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Strepsodiscus shinetonensis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Bellerophon shinetonensis Callaway p. 668 figs. pl. 24 f. 10
2023Strepsodiscus shinetonensis Wagner p. S8221

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyTropidodiscoidea
familyTropidodiscidae()
subfamilyTemnodiscinae
genusStrepsodiscus
speciesshinetonensis(Callaway 1877)

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.

†Strepsodiscus shinetonensis Callaway 1877
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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-movingo
Life habit: low-level epifaunalo
Diet: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:02:57
Modified: 2009-03-04 12:02:57
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Cressagian to the top of the Migneintian or 486.40000 to 477.10000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cressagian486.4 - 481.1United Kingdom (England) Bellerophon shinetonensis (3711)
Migneintian481.1 - 477.1United Kingdom (England) Bellerophon shinetonensis (type locality: 3710)