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Retispira perelegans

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon perelegans was named by White and Whitfield (1862). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bucanopsis perelegans by Weller (1901), Hyde (1953); it was recombined as Retispira perelegans by Thein and Nitecki (1974), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Bellerophon perelegans White and Whitfield p. 144
1901Bucanopsis perelegans Weller p. 178 figs. pl. 15 f. 23-24
1953Bucanopsis perelegans Hyde p. 322
1974Retispira perelegans Thein and Nitecki p. 51
2023Retispira perelegans Wagner p. 3919

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

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 perelegans White and Whitfield 1862
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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: 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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Tournaisian or 358.86000 to 346.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tournaisian358.86 - 346.7USA (Iowa) Bucanopsis perelegans (3309)