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Tetranota conspicua

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon conspicuus was named by d'Eichwald (1840). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bucaniella conspicua by Koken (1896), Koken (1897), Koken and Perner (1925); it was recombined as Tetranota conspicua by Teichert (1932), Yochelson (1963), Ebbestad (1999), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Bellerophon conspicuus d'Eichwald p. 112
1856Bellerophon conspicuus d'Eichwald p. 587
1858Bellerophon conspicuus Schmidt p. 207
1859Bellerophon conspicuus d'Eichwald p. 42 figs. pl. 42 f. 14
1860Bellerophon conspicuus d'Eichwald p. 1078
1896Bucaniella conspicua Koken p. 392
1897Bucaniella conspicua Koken p. 126
1925Bucaniella conspicua Koken and Perner pp. 19 - 20 figs. pl. 23 f. 1-2, 24, 32-33
1932Tetranota conspicua Teichert p. 266
1963Tetranota conspicua Yochelson p. 165
1999Tetranota conspicua Ebbestad p. 257 figs. f. 12a-i, 13
2023Tetranota conspicua Wagner p. 441

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPlectonotidae()
genusTetranota
speciesconspicua()

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.

†Tetranota conspicua d'Eichwald 1840
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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: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:26:41
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:24:55
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Nabala to the top of the Vormsi or 450.50000 to 449.50000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Estonia Tetranota conspicua (168642)
Nabala450.5 - 449.9Estonia (Harju) Bucaniella conspicua (168550)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia (Läänemaa) Tetranota conspicua (105065)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia (Virumaa) Bucaniella conspicua (157205)
Vormsi449.9 - 449.5Estonia (Harju) Bucaniella conspicua (156588)