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Phragmosphaera globata

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon globatus was named by Murchison (1839) [Bellerophon globatus de Sowerby in Murchison 1839]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Phragmosphaera globata by Peel (1977), Wagner (2023).

Entered
by P. Wagner on 2006-03-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Bellerophon globatus Murchison
1839Bellerophon globatus de Sowerby and Murchison
1977Phragmosphaera globata Peel pp. 17 - 18 figs. pl. 1 f. 1-3, 67; txt fig. 3
2023Phragmosphaera globata Wagner p. 322

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPterothecidae
subfamilyCarinaropsinae()
genusPhragmosphaera
speciesglobata(Murchison 1839)

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 globata 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
Environment: marineo
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: Ludfordian or 425.00000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Canada (Nova Scotia) Phragmosphaera globata (3843)