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Anapetopsis maclearni

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Anapetopsis maclearni was named by Peel (1975). It is not extant. Its type locality is Twenhofel’s 1909 Coast Section, Arisaig. Straits of Northumberland, which is in a Pridoli carbonate shale/limestone in the Stonehouse Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Anapetopsis.

Entered
by P. Wagner on 2006-03-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Anapetopsis maclearni Peel
1977Anapetopsis maclearni Peel p. 16 figs. pl. 2 f. 15
2023Anapetopsis maclearni Wagner p. 144

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

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.

Anapetopsis maclearni Peel 1975
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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
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: actively mobileg
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-19 08:53:14
Modified: 2009-09-19 10:53:14
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Pridoli or 422.70000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli422.7 - 419.62Canada (Nova Scotia) Anapetopsis maclearni (154363 type locality: 155398)