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Aglaoglypta maera

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon maera was named by Hall (1876) [Bellerophon mæra Hall 1876]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bucanopsis maera by Clarke and Swartz (1913); it was recombined as Aglaoglypta maera by Linsley (1994) and Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1876Bellerophon maera Hall figs. pl. 22 f. 7
1876Bellerophon neleus Hall figs. pl. 22 f. 8-13
1876Bellerophon maera Hall pp. 9 - 14 figs. pl. 22 f. 7
1879Bellerophon maera Hall pp. 119 - 120
1913Bucanopsis maera Clarke and Swartz pp. 665 - 668 figs. pl. 67 f. 21-22
1994Aglaoglypta maera Linsley p. 87 figs. pl. 244 f. 1-4
2023Aglaoglypta maera Wagner p. 140

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyBellerophontinae
genusAglaoglypta
speciesmaera()

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.

†Aglaoglypta maera Hall 1876
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Invalid names: Bellerophon neleus Hall 1876 [synonym]
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: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Frasnian or 382.70000 to 372.20000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Maryland) Bucanopsis maera (154360 154838)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (New York) Bellerophon maera (155420)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Arizona) Aglaoglypta maera (50029)
Frasnian382.7 - 372.2USA (Pennsylvania) Bucanopsis maera (148222)