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Bellerophon tubulosus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon tubulosus was named by Lindström (1884).

It was corrected as Bellerophon tubulosa by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Liljevallospira tubulosa by Knight (1945), Knight et al. (1960), Peel and Wängberg-Eriksson (1979) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1884Bellerophon tubulosus Lindström pp. 77 - 78 figs. pl. 19 f. 6-11
1897Bellerophon tubulosa Ulrich and Scofield
1945Liljevallospira tubulosa Knight p. 334
1960Liljevallospira tubulosa Knight et al. p. 182 figs. f. 102.2
1979Liljevallospira tubulosa Peel and Wängberg-Eriksson p. 106
2023Liljevallospira tubulosa Wagner p. 285

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

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 tubulosus Lindström 1884
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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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Sheinwoodian or 433.40000 to 430.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sheinwoodian433.4 - 430.5Sweden (Gotland) Bellerophon tubulosus (3977)