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Phragmosphaera expansus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon expansus was named by de Sowerby and Murchison (1839) [Bellerophon expansus de Sowerby in Murchison 1839]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bucaniopsis expansus by Reed (1921); it was recombined as Bucanopsis expansus by Antia (1981); it was recombined as Phragmosphaera expansus by Peel (1977), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Bellerophon expansus de Sowerby and Murchison p. 613 figs. pl. 5 f. 32
1851Bellerophon expansus M'Coy p. 309
1884Bellerophon expansus de la Touche p. 81 figs. pl. 29 f. 643-644
1921Bucaniopsis expansus Reed pp. 59 - 60 figs. pl. 110 f. 1-4
1977Phragmosphaera expansus Peel p. 18
1981Bucanopsis expansus Antia
2023Phragmosphaera expansus Wagner p. 3609

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPterothecidae
subfamilyCarinaropsinae()
genusPhragmosphaera
speciesexpansus()

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.

†Phragmosphaera expansus de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
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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: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 18:36:46
Modified: 2009-09-20 23:23:22
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Homerian to the top of the Ludfordian or 430.60000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Homerian430.6 - 426.7United Kingdom (England) Bucaniopsis expansus (23057)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7United Kingdom (Wales) Bucaniopsis expansus (74671)
Ludlow426.7 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) Bucanopsis expansus (478 479)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7United Kingdom (England) Bucanopsis expansus (8298 8306 8308 8309 8312 8321 8322 8324)