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Sinuites nitens

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon nitens was named by d'Eichwald (1860). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Sinuites nitens by Vostokova (1955), Ebbestad and Yochelson (2000), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1860Bellerophon nitens d'Eichwald
1925Bellerophon nitens Koken and Perner p. 45
1955Sinuites nitens Vostokova p. 106 figs. pl. 6 f. 6
2000Sinuites nitens Ebbestad and Yochelson p. 193
2023Sinuites nitens Wagner p. 733

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familySinuitidae
subfamilySinuitinae
genusSinuites
speciesnitens(d'Eichwald 1860)

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.

Sinuites nitens d'Eichwald 1860
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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 10:22:03
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:54:13
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available