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Cymatospira

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Cymatospira was named by Knight (1942) [Sepkoski's age data: C Serp-l C Step-u Sepkoski's reference number: 797,1258]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Knightites (Cymatospira) by Knight et al. (1960).

It was assigned to Knightites by Knight et al. (1960); to Bellerophontida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Knightitinae by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1942Cymatospira Knight
1960Knightites (Cymatospira) Knight et al. p. 184 fig. 103.1
2002Cymatospira Sepkoski
2023Cymatospira Wagner p. G117

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

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.

G. †Cymatospira Knight 1942
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†Cymatospira alternodosa Whitfield 1882
†Cymatospira montfortianus Norwood and Pratten 1855
†Cymatospira welleri Thein and Nitecki 1974
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: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Serpukhovian to the top of the Artinskian or 330.90000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (78 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Illinois) Knightites welleri (58997 59824 59826)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Kentucky) Knightites sp. indet. 1 (59823)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Ohio) Bellerophon alternodosus (128051 128054)
Serpukhovian330.9 - 323.2USA (Oklahoma) Patellostium montfortianum (5611)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0Argentina (La Rioja) Knightites montfortianus (39939)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Kentucky) Knightites montfortianus (195795)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Oklahoma) Patellostium montfortianum (90784)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 307.0USA (New Mexico) Knightites montfortianus (46548)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Knightites montfortianus (70134 70258 70271 70272 70278 70288 70290 70296 70297 70307 70381 70382 70483)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) C. sp. (113) Patellostium montfortianum (924 934 971 974 1037 1042)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Pennsylvania) Patellostium montfortianum (184098)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Oklahoma) C. sp. (79) Patellostium montfortianum (90781 90782 90783)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (New Mexico) Knightites montfortianus (46536)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Ohio) Knightites montfortianus (64888 64892 64897 64902 64913 64915 64916 64918 64919 64923 64925 64927 64929 64950)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Texas) Patellostium montfortianum (11100)
Kasimovian307.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Patellostium montfortianum (128580)
Kasimovian - Gzhelian307.0 - 298.9USA (Utah) Knightites montfortianus (39995)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (New Mexico) Knightites montfortianum (50767)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Pennsylvania) Patellostium montfortanum (184105) Patellostium montfortianum (184101 184103)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Ohio) Bucanopsis montfortiana (174923 175188)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Texas) Knightites montfortianus (217916) Patellostium montfortianum (156737)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Missouri) Patellostium montfortianum (157612)
Missourian306.0 - 303.7USA (Maryland) C. montfortianus (118828)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Knightites montfortianus (187593)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) Knightites montfortianus (217893 217897 217905 217932 217960 217992 217995 218002)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) C. sp. (178)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Maryland) C. montfortianus (118827)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Ohio) Bucanopsis montfortiana (71993)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Nebraska) Bellerophon montfortianus (157668)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Bellerophon montfortianus (119870)