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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 the Czech Republic.

It was recombined as Bucanella bohemica by Horný (1963) and Marek (1963); it was recombined as Tritonophon bohemica by Peel (1974), Horný (1997) and 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
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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Berounian to the top of the Hirnantian or 457.90000 to 443.40000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Letna - Harnagian460.9 - 457.2Czech Republic Bucanella bohemica (3861)
Berounian - Harnagian457.9 - 457.2Czech Republic Bucaniella bohemica (155058)
Berounian457.9 - 449.8Czech Republic Bucaniella bohemica (154463)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Wales) Tritonophon bohemica (8370)
Hirnantian445.2 - 443.4Czech Republic (Praha) Bucanella bohemica (149320)
Silurian443.8 - 419.2Jordan Bucanella bohemica (3270 3275 3276 3277)