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Retispira leda

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1859Bellerophon leda Hall p. 30
1876Bellerophon leda Hall figs. pl. 24
1879Bellerophon leda Hall pp. 110 - 111 figs. pl. 23 f. 2-16
1897Bucanopsis leda Ulrich and Scofield pp. 854, 924
1909Bucanopsis leda Grabau and Shimer p. 623 figs. f. 837
1913Bucanopsis leda Prosser and Kindle pp. 285 - 286 figs. pl. 36 f. 1-3
1944Bucanopsis leda Knight and Bridge p. 443 figs. pl. 178 f. 23
1951Bucanopsis leda Fisher
1965Bucanopsis leda Ellison pp. 146 - 147 figs. pl. 16 f. 19
1971Retispira leda Rollins et al. pp. 137-140 figs. f. 3a-e
1986Retispira leda Kase and Nishida p. 78
1999Retispira leda Blodgett et al. p. 1087
2000Retispira leda Frýda p. 361
2001Retispira leda Heidelberger p. 29
2023Retispira leda Wagner p. 343

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

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 leda Hall 1859
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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 Emsian to the top of the Cazenovian or 407.60000 to 383.70000 Ma

Collections (48 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3Canada (Quebec) Bellerophon sp. (608)
Middle Devonian393.3 - 382.7USA (New York) Retispira leda (91091 91216 91217 91227 91228 91229 91239 91243)
Cazenovian391.9 - 383.7USA (New York) Retispira leda (69460 69461 69462 69463 69464 69465)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Bellerophon leda (155419) Bucanopsis leda (10457 10459 10461) Retispira leda (8725 8754 8998 9352 9354 9355 74985 86643 86645 86646 89692 89695 89704 89705 89706 89720 89770 89771 89772 89783 89802 89879 89883 89884 89886 89921 89933 90847 96211)