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Retispira waverliensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bucanopsis waverliensis was named by Hyde (1953). It is a 3D body fossil.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1953Bucanopsis waverliensis Hyde pp. 321 - 322 figs. pl. 46 f. 29-31
1974Retispira waverliensis Thein and Nitecki p. 51
2023Retispira waverliensis Wagner p. 4084

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

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.

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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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Osagean or 351.90000 to 342.90000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Osagean351.9 - 342.9USA (Ohio) Bucanopsis waverliensis (93067 155894)