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Cymatospira alternodosa

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon alternodosus was named by Whitfield (1882). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Newtonville, which is in a Chesterian carbonate limestone in the Maxville Formation of Ohio.

It was recombined as Bellerophon (Bellerophon) alternodosus by Yochelson and Saunders (1967); it was recombined as Knightites (Cymatospira) alternodosa by Thein and Nitecki (1974); it was recombined as Cymatospira alternodosa by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1882Bellerophon alternodosus Whitfield p. 225
1895Bellerophon alternodosus Whitfield p. 479 figs. pl. 10 f. 17-19
1911Bellerophon alternodosus Morse p. 403 figs. f. 28a-c
1967Bellerophon (Bellerophon) alternodosus Yochelson and Saunders p. 39
1974Knightites (Cymatospira) alternodosa Thein and Nitecki p. 55
2023Cymatospira alternodosa Wagner p. 6097

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

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.

†Cymatospira alternodosa Whitfield 1882
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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Chesterian or 335.50000 to 323.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Ohio) Bellerophon alternodosus (128051 128054)