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Bellerophon newberryi

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon newberryi was named by Meek (1871) [Bellerophon Newberryi].

It was recombined as Patellostium newberryi by Ulrich and Scofield (1897).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1871Bellerophon newberryi Meek p. 77
1873Bellerophon newberryi Meek pp. 222 - 225 figs. pl. 20 f. 5
1897Patellostium newberryi Ulrich and Scofield p. 854
2023Bellerophon newberryi Wagner p. 161

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

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 newberryi Meek 1871
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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: base of the Eifelian to the top of the Givetian or 393.30000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Ohio) Bellerophon newberryi (129948 130152 130260)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Michigan) Bellerophon newberryi (55088)