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Tritonophon bohemica

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae

Taxonomy
Bucaniella bohemica was named by Perner (1903). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Dêd Hill near Beroun (formerly Drabov), which is in a Berounian/Harnagian marine shale in the Letna Formation of Czechia.

It was recombined as Bucanella bohemica by Horný (1963), Marek (1963); it was recombined as Bucanopsis bohemica by Havlicek and Vanek (1966); it was recombined as Tritonophon bohemica by Peel (1974), Horný (1997), Ebbestad et al. (2008).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Bucaniella bohemica Perner p. 67 figs. txt. f. 41; not pl. 86 f. 40-42 (Peel 1974)
1963Bucanella bohemica Horný pp. 81 - 82 figs. pl. 9 f. 5-9
1963Bucanella bohemica Marek p. 279
1966Bucanopsis bohemica Havlicek and Vanek p. 59
1974Tritonophon bohemica Peel p. 258 figs. f. 10
1997Tritonophon bohemica Horný p. 232
2008Tritonophon bohemica Ebbestad et al. p. 608

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPlectonotidae()
genusTritonophon()
speciesbohemica()

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.

Tritonophon bohemica Perner 1903
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-20 21:23:13
Modified: 2009-09-20 23:23:13
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bohdalec to the top of the Silurian or 459.30000 to 419.62000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Letna - Harnagian463.3 - 457.2Czechia Bucanella bohemica, Bucanopsis bohemica (3861)
Berounian - Harnagian459.7 - 457.2Czechia Bucaniella bohemica (155058)
Berounian459.7 - 450.1Czechia Bucaniella bohemica (154463)
Bohdalec459.3 - 445.2Czechia Bucanella bohemica (3874 238012)
Kralodvorian - Rawtheyan450.1 - 445.2Czechia Bucanella bohemica (3875 238013)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) Tritonophon bohemica (8370)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.1Czechia (Praha) Bucanella bohemica (149320)
Kosovian445.2 - 443.1Czechia Bucanella bohemica (3882)
Silurian443.1 - 419.62Jordan Bucanella bohemica (3270 3275 3276 3277)