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Coelocyclus rarissimus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon (Coelocyclus) rarissimus was named by Perner (1903) [Bellerophon (Coelocyclus) rarissimus Barrande in Perner 1903]. It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Bellerophon (Coelocyclus).

It was recombined as Coelocyclus rarissimus by Knight (1941), Knight et al. (1960), Horný (1963), Jhaveri (1969), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Bellerophon (Coelocyclus) rarissimus Perner pp. 139 - 140 figs. txt. f. 99; pl. 89 f. 18-19
1941Coelocyclus rarissimus Knight p. 82 figs. pl. 8 f. 3a-d
1960Coelocyclus rarissimus Knight et al. p. 180 figs. f. 96.5
1963Coelocyclus rarissimus Horný pp. 138 - 139 figs. pl. 35 f. 5-6; pl. 36 f. 1-2
1969Coelocyclus rarissimus Jhaveri p. 160
2023Coelocyclus rarissimus Wagner p. 247

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

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.

†Coelocyclus rarissimus Perner 1903
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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: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pragian to the top of the Emsian or 413.02000 to 393.47000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (Praha) Coelocyclus rarissimus (102194 157332)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia Coelocyclus rarissimus (102195)
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Czechia (Prague) Coelocyclus rarissimus (76471)
Emsian410.62 - 393.47Czechia (Prague) Coelocyclus rarissimus (56663)