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Plectonotus derbyi

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae

Taxonomy
Plectonotus derbyi was named by Clarke (1899). It is not extant. It is the type species of Plectonotus, Plectonotus (Plectonotus).

It was recombined as Bucanella (Plectonotus) derbyi by Knight et al. (1960); it was recombined as Bucanella derbyi by Berry and Boucot (1973); it was recombined as Plectonotus (Plectonotus) derbyi by Boucot et al. (1986).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1899Plectonotus derbyi Clarke p. 38 figs. pl. 3 f. 14-17
1908Plectonotus derbyi Knod p. 507
1908Bellerophon (Plectonotus) fraternus Reed pp. 386-387 figs. f. 3-3a, 4
1909Plectonotus derbyi Clarke pp. 98 - 99 figs. pl. 24 f. 1-11
1960Bucanella (Plectonotus) derbyi Knight et al. p. 175
1963Plectonotus fraternus Saul et al. p. 1048 figs. pl. 138 f. 5-7; not f. 3-4, 9
1965Plectonotus derbyi Boucot p. 267 figs. pl. 15 f. 1-14
1973Bucanella derbyi Berry and Boucot
1974Plectonotus derbyi Peel p. 253 figs. pl. 2 f. 10, 14
1984Bellerophon fraternus Oosthuizen
1986Plectonotus fraternus Boucot et al.
1986Plectonotus (Plectonotus) derbyi Boucot et al. pp. 170 - 174 figs. f. 3-5
2023Plectonotus derbyi Wagner p. 4404

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPlectonotidae()
genusPlectonotus
speciesderbyi

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.

Plectonotus derbyi Clarke 1899
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Invalid names: Plectonotus fraternus Reed 1908 [synonym]
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: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:25:39
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:24:49
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Emsian or 440.50000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6Brazil (GoĆ­as) Plectonotus derbyi (172919)
Gedinnine419.62 - 413.02Saudi Arabia Plectonotus derbyi (69195)
Lochkovian - Pragian419.62 - 410.62Algeria Bucanella derbyi (27169)
Early/Lower Devonian419.62 - 393.47Antarctica Plectonotus derbyi (35564 35565 35566)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47South Africa Bellerophon fraternus (35578 35581)
Emsian - Eifelian410.62 - 387.95Ghana Plectonotus fraternus (35605)