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Bellerophontidae ✝

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The Bellerophontidae are an extinct family of specialized globose bellerophontids, Paleozoic and early Triassic mollusks of the class Gastropoda.

From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellerophontidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0.

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	3245277	https://www.gbif.org/species/3245277
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	54564	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=54564

Rank

family

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
order	Bellerophontida	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
suborder	Bellerophontina	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
superfamily	Bellerophontoidea
family	Bellerophontidae	M'Coy 1851

Scientific Name

Bellerophontidae

Name Published In

McCoy, F. (1852). A synopsis of the classification of the British Palaeozoic rocks [by the Rev. Adam Sedgwick] with a systematic description of the British Palaeozoic fossils in the Geological Museum of the University of Cambridge [by Frederick McCoy] with figures of the new and imperfectly known species. Parker & Son, London. xcviii + viii pp. [by A. Sedgwick], 661 pp., 25 pls. [by F. McCoy].

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Bellerophontidae	family	belongs to Bellerophontacea	stated without evidence	Wenz, 1938
Bellerophontidae	family	belongs to Bellerophontacea	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Bellerophontidae	family	belongs to Bellerophontoidea	stated without evidence	Golikov and Starobogatov, 1975
Bellerophontidae	family	belongs to Bellerophontacea	stated with evidence	Runnegar and Jell, 1976
Bellerophontidae	family	belongs to Bellerophontoidea	stated without evidence	Cook, 1998
Bellerophontidae	family	belongs to Bellerophontoidea	stated with evidence	Ebbestad and Yochelson, 2000
Bellerophontidae	family	belongs to Bellerophontoidea	stated without evidence	Heidelberger and Koch, 2005
Bellerophontidae	family	belongs to Bellerophontoidea	stated with evidence	Nützel and Ketwetsuriya, 2016

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

441

First Recorded Appearance

479 - 466 Ma
Ordovician

Last Recorded Appearance

182 - 176 Ma
Early Jurassic

Motility

slow-moving

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

detritivore

Ecospace Comments

ECOSPACE CODE: 322. BODY SIZE: Based on component genera; 4 of 4 genera share 10 to < 100 length, 4 of 4 share 10 to < 100 width. LIFE HISTORY: Surficial, fully motile slow, surface deposit feeding according to Bambach et al (2007).

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. M'Coy. 1851. On some new Silurian Mollusca. Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 77:45-63

Wikipedia

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bellerophontidae

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Bellerophontinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		974	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	252 Ma Permian
Bucanopsinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		181	470 Ma Middle Ordovician	254 Ma Permian
Cymbulariinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		137	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	182 Ma Early Jurassic
Knightitinae ✝ subfamily	listed (PBDB)		550	433 Ma Silurian	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Aglaoglypta ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		21	388 Ma Middle Devonian	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Anapetopsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		6	433 Ma Silurian	423 Ma Silurian
Bellerophon ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		714	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	252 Ma Permian
Beyrichidiscus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	426 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Bubovicus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	431 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian
Bucanopsis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		71	470 Ma Middle Ordovician	254 Ma Permian
Carinariopsis genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Coelocyclus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		19	443 Ma Silurian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Cymatospira ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		69	339 Ma Carboniferous	290 Ma Permian
Cymbularia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		51	479 Ma Early/Lower Ordovician	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Dicellonema ✝ genus	doubtful (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		20	252 Ma Permian	247 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Khumerspira ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	269 Ma Permian	265 Ma Permian
Knightites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		24	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	279 Ma Permian
Kodymites ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		8	427 Ma Silurian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Liljevallospira ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	433 Ma Silurian	433 Ma Silurian
Oxynodiscus genus	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Patellilabia ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		51	372 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	254 Ma Permian
Pharkidonotus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		101	331 Ma Carboniferous	260 Ma Permian
Praematuratropis ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	392 Ma Middle Devonian	392 Ma Middle Devonian
Ptychobellerophon ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	265 Ma Permian	254 Ma Permian
Ptychosphaera ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		14	439 Ma Silurian	254 Ma Permian
Retispira ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		400	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	235 Ma Late/Upper Triassic
Semilukispira ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Sphaerocyclus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		7	433 Ma Silurian	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Sphenosphaera ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		110	461 Ma Middle Ordovician	427 Ma Silurian
Temnodiscus ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		31	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Teutonophon ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		12	408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian	336 Ma Carboniferous
Waagenella ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		104	359 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	254 Ma Permian
Yochelsonellisa ✝ genus	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		23	304 Ma Carboniferous	260 Ma Permian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Liljevallospiridae	GBIF	family	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Liljevallospiridae

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1851	Bellerophontidae M'Coy
1938	Bellerophontidae Wenz
1960	Bellerophontidae Knight et al. p. 179
1963	Bellerophontidae Horný
1975	Bellerophontidae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 207
1976	Bellerophontidae Runnegar and Jell p. 122
1989	Liljevallospiridae Golikov and Starobogatov

Year	Name and Author
1992	Bellerophontidae Wahlman
1998	Bellerophontidae Cook
2000	Bellerophontidae Ebbestad and Yochelson
2005	Bellerophontidae Bouchet et al. p. 241
2005	Bellerophontidae Heidelberger and Koch p. 8
2016	Bellerophontidae Nützel and Ketwetsuriya p. 486

References

M'Coy F. On some new Silurian Mollusca, Annals and Magazine of Natural History, including Zoology, Botany, and Geology 77, 45-63

Wenz W. (1938) Handbuch der Paläozoologie; Gastropoda, Handbuch der Paläozoologie

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

Horný R. J. (1963) Lower Paleozoic Bellerophontina (Gastropoda) of Bohemia, Sborník Geologickych Ved 2, 57-164

Golikov A. N., Starobogatov Y. I. (1975) Systematics of prosobranch gastropods, Malacologia 15 2, 185-232

Runnegar B., Jell P.A. (1976) Australian Middle Cambrian molluscs and their bearing on early molluscan evolution, Alcheringa 1 1/2, 109-132

Wahlman G.P. (1992) Middle and Upper Ordovician symmetrical univalved mollusks (Monoplacophora and Bellerophontina) of the Cincinnati Arch region, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066 O, 1-123

Cook A. G. (1998) Frasnian gastropods from the Bonaparte Gulf Basin, Western Australia, Memoirs of the Queensland Museum 42 2, 449-457

Ebbestad J.O.R., Yochelson E. L. (2000) Isostrophic molluscs (Tergomya and Gastropoda) from the Upper Ordovician of Norway, Norsk Geologisk Tidsskrift 80 2, 187-202

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

Heidelberger D., Koch L. (2005) Gastropoda from the Givetian “Massenkalk” of Schwelm and Hohenlimburg (Saureland, Rheinsiches Schiefergebirge, Germany), Geologica et Palaeontologica Sonderband 4, 1-107

Nützel A., Ketwetsuriya C. (2016) Systematic palaeontology, in Permian gastropods from the Tak Fa Limestone, Nakhon Sawan, northern Thailand, Bulletin of Geosciences 91, 481-513

Benton, M.J. (ed). (1993). The Fossil Record 2. Chapman & Hall, London, 845 pp. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bouchet, P.; Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Bouchet, P., Rocroi, J.-P. (2005). Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families. Malacologia. 47(1-2): 1-397 ISBN 3-925919-72-4. - via World Register of Marine Species

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