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Phragmolites elegans

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Taxonomy
Cyrtolites elegans was named by Miller (1874). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Conradella elegans by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Phragmolites elegans by Bassler (1915), Wahlman (1992), Ebbestad (1999).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Cyrtolites elegans Miller
1897Conradella elegans Ulrich and Scofield p. 911 figs. pl. 67 f. 12-15
1915Phragmolites elegans Bassler
1992Phragmolites elegans Wahlman pp. 123 - 124 figs. pl. 44 f. 11-15; pl. 45 f. 10
1999Phragmolites elegans Ebbestad p. 157

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBucaniidae
subfamilyBucaniinae
genusPhragmolites
specieselegans(Miller 1874)

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.

Phragmolites elegans Miller 1874
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 0.1 to < 1.0g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:26:19
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:24:11
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Maysvillian or 450.20000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) Conradella elegans (155400)