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Retispira reticulata

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bucanopsis (Retispira) reticulata was named by Elias (1958) [Bucanopsis (Retispira?) reticulata Elias 1958 = Bucanopsis aff. meekiana. Girty & Roundy 1923 Bull. Am. Assoc. Petrol. Geologists, v. 7, p. 343. = 1929. Bucanopsis aff. meekiana. Tomlinson 1929. Okla. Geol. Survey Bull. no. 46, p. 75,76]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Village of Milo, which is in a Serpukhovian offshore sandstone in the Redoak Hollow Formation of Oklahoma.

It was recombined as Knightites (Retispira) reticulata by Thein and Nitecki (1974); it was recombined as Retispira reticulata by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1958Bucanopsis (Retispira) reticulata Elias pp. 3 - 4 figs. pl. 1 f. 5-7
1974Knightites (Retispira) reticulata Thein and Nitecki p. 51
2023Retispira reticulata Wagner p. 5864

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

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 reticulata Elias 1958
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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
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: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Serpukhovian or 330.90000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) Bucanopsis reticulata (type locality: 5611)