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Waagenella roemeri

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon roemeri was named by Fliegel (1901). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Padang Highlands, which is in a Roadian/Wordian carbonate limestone in the Silungkang Formation of Indonesia.

It was recombined as Bellerophon (Bellerophon) roemeri by Batten (1972); it was recombined as Waagenella roemeri by Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1901Bellerophon roemeri Fliegel p. 111
1922Bellerophon timorensis Wanner
1960Bellerophon (Bellerophon) timorensis Yochelson p. 239
1972Bellerophon (Bellerophon) roemeri Batten p. 11 fig. 3a,b
2023Waagenella roemeri Wagner p. S6577

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

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 roemeri Fliegel 1901
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Invalid names: Bellerophon (Bellerophon) timorensis Wanner 1922 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height620.28.0045.018.513.6

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 Artinskian to the top of the Changhsingian or 290.10000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (16 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Indonesia Bellerophon timorensis (118268)
Artinskian - Kungurian290.1 - 272.3Indonesia Bellerophon timorensis (39614)
Artinskian - Guadalupian290.1 - 259.51Indonesia (Timor) Bellerophon timorensis (205596 205597)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Malaysia (Perak) Bellerophon roemeri (62131)
Roadian - Wordian272.3 - 264.28Indonesia (Sumatra) Bellerophon roemeri (type locality: 121984)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Bellerophon jonesianus (119681)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Pakistan Bellerophon jonesianus (89061 89229 119610 119625 119657 119680) Bellerophon jonesianus, Bellerophon orientalis (90251 119637 119659)