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Retispira textilis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon textilis was named by Miller (1877) [Bellerophon textilis Hall in Miller 1877]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Bucanopsis textilis by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) and Hyde (1953); it was recombined as Knightites (Retispira) textilis by Yochelson and Saunders (1967) and Thein and Nitecki (1974); it was recombined as Retispira textilis by Gordon and Yochelson (1983), Gordon and Yochelson (1987) and Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1856Bellerophon cancellatus Hall pp. 31 - 32
1877Bellerophon textilis Miller p. 243
1882Bellerophon textilis Whitfield p. 90 figs. pl. 8 f. 4-5
1883Bellerophon textilis Hall p. 371 figs. pl. 31 f. 4-5
1884Bellerophon textilis Walcott p. 257 figs. Plate xviii, fig. 18
1897Bucanopsis textilis Ulrich and Scofield p. 924
1953Bucanopsis textilis Hyde p. 322
1967Knightites (Retispira) textilis Yochelson and Saunders p. 116
1974Knightites (Retispira) textilis Thein and Nitecki p. 51
1983Retispira textilis Gordon and Yochelson p. 977
1987Retispira textilis Gordon and Yochelson p. 44 figs. pl. 2 f. 32-35
2023Retispira textilis Wagner p. 3844

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

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 textilis Miller 1877
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Invalid names: Bellerophon cancellatus Hall 1856 [replaced]
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Meramecian or 343.00000 to 335.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Indiana) Bellerophon cancellatus (129910 129912) Retispira textilis (129930)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5Canada (Alberta) Bucanopsis textilis (62396)
Meramecian343.0 - 335.5USA (Utah) Retispira textilis (59829)