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Bellerophon wewokanus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon crassus wewokanus was named by Girty (1912) [Bellerophon crassus wewokanus Girty 1912]. It is not extant.

It was recombined as Bellerophon wewokanus by Kues (1984), Kues (1996) and Kues and Batten (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1912Bellerophon crassus wewokanus Girty
1984Bellerophon wewokanus Kues figs. 3.3-3.5
1996Bellerophon wewokanus Kues p. 178 figs. 6.21- 6.23
1997Bellerophon crassus wewokanus Hoare et al. p. 1026
2001Bellerophon wewokanus Kues and Batten p. 12 figs. 3.4-3.6

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

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.

Bellerophon wewokanus Girty 1912
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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: slow-movingg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:42:55
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:33
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kashirian to the top of the Moscovian or 313.80000 to 307.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Oklahoma) Bellerophon wewokanus (90784)
Kashirian - Myachkovian313.8 - 306.95USA (New mexico) Bellerophon wewokanus (46548)
Desmoinesian313.8 - 305.9USA (New Mexico) Bellerophon wewokanus (46536)
Desmoinesian313.8 - 305.9USA (Oklahoma) Bellerophon crassus (8635 8643) Bellerophon wewokanus (90782 90783 90787)