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Patellostium

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Taxonomy
Patellostium was named by Waagen (1880) [Sepkoski's age data: D Sieg P Guad Sepkoski's reference number: 362]. It is not extant.

It was reranked as Bellerophon (Patellostium) by Williams and Breger (1916).

It was assigned to Bellerophontidae by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); to Bellerophon by Williams and Breger (1916); to Grandostomatinae by HornĂ½ (1963); to Grandostomatidae by Wahlman (1992); and to Bellerophontida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Patellostium Waagen
1897Patellostium Ulrich and Scofield
1916Bellerophon (Patellostium) Williams and Breger p. 265
1963Patellostium HornĂ½
1992Patellostium Wahlman p. 116
2002Patellostium Sepkoski

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

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. †Patellostium Waagen 1880
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Bellerophon (Patellostium) revolvens Williams and Breger 1916
Patellostium branneri Weller 1897
Patellostium britannicum Amler and Heidelberger 2003
Patellostium ourayensis Gurley 1884
Patellostium witryanum de Koninck 1843
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Invalid names: Patellostium hyalinum de Ryckholt 1847 [synonym], Patellostium phalenum de Ryckholt 1847 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-20 21:22:59
Modified: 2009-09-20 23:22:59
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Lochkovian to the top of the Virgilian or 419.62000 to 298.90000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lochkovian419.62 - 413.02USA (Maine) Bellerophon revolvens (103303)
Famennian372.15 - 358.86United Kingdom (England) P. britannicum (38142)
Late/Upper Famennian365.2 - 358.86United Kingdom (England) P. britannicum (68172)
Hastarian358.86 - 353.7Belgium (Wallonia) P. witryanum (147213)
Morrowan323.4 - 318.6USA (Kentucky) P. sp. (158165)
Pennsylvanian323.4 - 298.9USA (Oklahoma) P. marcouianum (276195)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Texas) Bucanopsis ourayensis (11100)
Virgilian303.7 - 298.9USA (Texas) P. sp. (1069)