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Bellerophon ruthveni

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon ruthveni was named by Reed (1901) [Bellerophon ruthveni Salter in Cowper Reed 1901]. It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Bellerophon ruthveni Reed
1921Bellerophon ruthveni Reed pp. 55 - 56
2023Bellerophon ruthveni Wagner p. 4809

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

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 ruthveni Reed 1901
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available