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Sinuites bilobatus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon bilobatus was named by de Sowerby and Murchison (1839) [Bellerophon bilobatus de Sowerby in Murchison 1839]. It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Sinuites.

It was recombined as Protowarthia bilobata by Ulrich and Scofield (1897); it was recombined as Sinuites bilobatus by Koken (1896), Reed (1921), Twenhofel (1928), Knight et al. (1960), Ebbestad and Yochelson (2000) and Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Bellerophon bilobatus de Sowerby and Murchison p. 643 figs. pl. 19 f. 13
1843Bellerophon gibbus Portlock
1851Bellerophon bilobatus M'Coy p. 308
1866Bellerophon bilobatus Billings pp. 20, 55
1896Sinuites bilobatus Koken
1897Protowarthia bilobata Ulrich and Scofield pp. 869, 872 - 873 figs. text. fig. 3a-b
1903Sinuites bilobatus infaustus Perner p. 59 figs. txt. f. 27
1907Sinuites bilobatus infaustus Perner figs. pl. 112 VI f. 1-5
1921Sinuites bilobatus Reed pp. 7 - 8 figs. pl. 1 f. 8
1928Sinuites bilobatus Twenhofel p. 245
1960Sinuites bilobatus Knight et al. p. 176
2000Sinuites bilobatus Ebbestad and Yochelson p. 193
2023Sinuites bilobatus Wagner p. 376

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familySinuitidae
subfamilySinuitinae
genusSinuites
speciesbilobatus()

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.

†Sinuites bilobatus de Sowerby and Murchison 1839
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Invalid names: Sinuites gibbus Portlock 1843 [synonym], Sinuites infaustus Perner 1903 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:22:03
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:54:13
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: base of the Dobrotivian to the top of the Richmondian or 459.00000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llanvirn468.0 - 458.4France (Loire-Atlantique) Sinuites bilobatus (185523)
Dobrotivian459.0 - 457.9France (Loire-Atlantique) Sinuites bilobatus (185521 185522)
Soudleyan - Longvillian458.4 - 455.0United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Bellerophon gibbus (13840)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5United Kingdom Bellerophon bilobatus (166194)
Berounian457.9 - 449.8Czech Republic Sinuites bilobatus (154463)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8Canada (Quebec) Sinuites bilobatus (185348 185349 185351)
Keila - Oandu453.9 - 451.8Sweden (Öland) Sinuites bilobatus (154575)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Québec) Sinuites bilobatus (63728)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Sinuites bilobatus (63625)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7Canada (Québec) Sinuites bilobatus (63767 63773)