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Retispira ornatus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bucanopsis ornatus was named by Weller (1920). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Locality 13. North of Cave Creek, 3½ miles southeast of Vienna, which is in a Chesterian carbonate limestone in the Golconda Formation of Illinois.

It was recombined as Retispira ornatus by Thein and Nitecki (1974), Wagner (2023).

Entered
by P. Wagner on 2006-03-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1920Bucanopsis ornatus Weller
1974Retispira ornatus Thein and Nitecki pp. 51 - 55 figs. f. 14
2023Retispira ornatus Wagner p. 6091

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

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 ornatus Weller 1920
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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
Environment: marineo
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: Chesterian or 335.40000 to 323.40000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Illinois) Bucanopsis ornatus (59825) Knightites ornatus (58997 58998 59826)
Chesterian335.4 - 323.4USA (Kentucky) Knightites ornatus (59823)