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Retispira deflectus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Discussion

This was an entry error: it was Bucanopsis deflectus.

Taxonomy
Bucanopsis deflectus was named by Weller (1900). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Retispira deflectus by Thein and Nitecki (1974), Gordon and Yochelson (1987), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1900Bucanopsis deflectus Weller pp. 114 - 115 figs. pl. 6 f. 5
1953Bucanopsis deflectus Hyde p. 322
1974Retispira deflectus Thein and Nitecki p. 51
1987Retispira deflectus Gordon and Yochelson p. 39
2023Retispira deflectus Wagner p. 4051

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

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 deflectus Weller 1900
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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
Environment: marineo
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: Famennian or 372.15000 to 358.86000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Famennian372.15 - 358.86USA (Iowa) Bucanopsis deflectus (146537)