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Mogulia regularis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Mogulia regularis was named by Waagen (1880). Its type specimen is Geological Survey of India 3/179, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Khund Ghat, Upper Productus-limestone, Salt Range (Wynne coll), which is in a Changhsingian marine limestone in the Chhidru Formation of Pakistan.

It was recombined as Bellerophon regularis by Knight et al. (1960); it was recombined as Bellerophon (Bellerophon) regularis by Murata (1974).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1880Mogulia regularis Waagen p. 157 figs. Pl 13, figs 4a-e
1960Bellerophon regularis Knight et al. p. I182
1974Bellerophon (Bellerophon) regularis Murata p. 77 figs. pl. 2 f. 9-11
2023Mogulia regularis Wagner p. S7256

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

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.

Mogulia regularis Waagen 1880
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height314.08.8026.212.09.26

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: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Changhsingian or 265.10000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian265.1 - 259.9Cambodia Bellerophon regularis (40944)
Wuchiapingian - Changhsingian259.9 - 252.17Pakistan Mogulia regularis (126709 126759 126990 127014)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan Mogulia regularis (type locality: 90251 126996)