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Waagenella meeki

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon meeki was named by de Koninck (1883). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Waagenella meeki by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Bellerophon meeki de Koninck p. 138 figs. pl. 42 f. 24-26
1931Bellerophon meeki Weir p. 796 figs. pl. 1 f. 17-19
1966Bellerophon meeki Batten pp. 8 - 9 figs. pl. 1 f. 7-8
2023Waagenella meeki Wagner p. 5669

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyBellerophontinae
genusWaagenella
speciesmeeki()

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.

†Waagenella meeki de Koninck 1883
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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
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: Brigantian or 336.00000 to 330.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (England) Bellerophon meeki (57131)