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Plectonotoides boucoti

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae

Taxonomy
Plectonotus boucoti was named by Peel (1974). Its type specimen is USNM 169584, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Plectonotoides boucoti by Boucot et al. (1986), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1974Plectonotus boucoti Peel pp. 252 - 254 figs. f. 2, 4, 11; pl. 1 f. 14-15, 17-22; pl. 2 f. 1-9, 11-13, 16-17
1977Plectonotus boucoti Peel p. 14 figs. pl. 1 f. 12
1986Plectonotoides boucoti Boucot et al. p. 174
2023Plectonotoides boucoti Wagner p. 324

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPlectonotidae()
genusPlectonotoides
speciesboucoti()

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: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:25:39
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:24:49
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aeronian to the top of the Ludfordian or 440.50000 to 422.70000 Ma

Collections (12 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Alexandrian443.1 - 438.1USA (Ohio) Bucania trilobatus (172921)
Llandovery443.1 - 432.9USA (New York) Bucanella trilobita, Bucanopsis trilobata (443)
Aeronian440.5 - 438.6United Kingdom (Wales) Bucaniella trilobata (56395)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (New York) Bucanella trilobata (82566)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9United Kingdom (Wales) Bucaniella trilobata (56394 172854)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9USA (Maryland) Bucanella trilobata (172907 172908)
Telychian438.6 - 432.9Sweden (Gotland) Bellerophon trilobatus (3972)
Gleedonian429.6 - 426.7Canada (Nova Scotia) Plectonotus boucoti (155696)
Ludfordian425.0 - 422.7Sweden (Gotland) Bellerophon trilobatus (13533 155712)