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Bellerophon montfortianum ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	9587558	https://www.gbif.org/species/9587558
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	77718	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=77718

Rank

species

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Cymatospira : Bellerophon montfortianum

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Cymatospira : Bellerophon montfortianum

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
subfamily	Knightitinae	Knight 1956
genus	Cymatospira	Knight 1942
species	Bellerophon montfortianum	Norwood & Pratten 1855

Generic Name

Bellerophon

Scientific Name

Bellerophon montfortianum (Norwood & Pratten, 1855)

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Cymatospira montfortianus	species	belongs to Bellerophon	stated without evidence	Norwood and Pratten, 1855
Cymatospira montfortianus	species	belongs to Bellerophon	stated with evidence	White, 1891
Cymatospira montfortianus	species	belongs to Patellostium	stated with evidence	Ulrich and Scofield, 1897
Cymatospira montfortianus	species	belongs to Patellostium	stated without evidence	Raymond, 1911
Cymatospira montfortianus	species	belongs to Bucanopsis	stated without evidence	Mark, 1912
Cymatospira montfortianus	species	belongs to Patellostium	stated without evidence	Girty, 1915
Cymatospira montfortianus	species	belongs to Cymatospira	stated with evidence	Knight, 1942
Cymatospira montfortianus	species	belongs to Knightites (Cymatospira)	stated without evidence	Sturgeon, 1964
Cymatospira montfortianus	species	belongs to Knightites (Cymatospira)	stated with evidence	Yochelson and Saunders, 1967
Cymatospira montfortianus	species	belongs to Knightites (Cymatospira)	stated without evidence	Kues, 1984
Cymatospira montfortianus	species	belongs to Cymatospira	stated with evidence	Kues, 1985
Cymatospira montfortianus	species	belongs to Knightites (Cymatospira)	stated without evidence	Hoare et al., 1997
Cymatospira montfortianus	species	belongs to Cymatospira	stated with evidence	Kues and Batten, 2001

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

331 - 323 Ma
Carboniferous

Last Recorded Appearance

290 - 279 Ma
Permian

Motility

slow-moving (based on Bellerophontidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

detritivore (based on Bellerophontidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

J. G. Norwood and H. Pratten. 1855. Notice of fossils from the Carboniferous Series of the western states belonging to the genera Spirifer, Bellerophon, Pleurotomaria, Macrocheilus, Natica, and Loxonema, with descriptions of eight new characteristc species. Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3:71-77

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)
Knightites (Cymatospira) montfortianus discordis ✝ subspecies	listed (PBDB)
Knightites montfortianus discordis subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Knightites montfortianus montfortianus subspecies	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Knightites montfortianum Norwood & Pratten, 1855	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Cymatospira : *Knightites montfortianum*
Patellostium montfortianum (Norwood & Pratten, 1855)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Cymatospira : *Patellostium montfortianum*
Bucanopsis montfortiana (Norwood & Pratten, 1855)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Cymatospira : *Bucanopsis montfortiana*
Cymatospira montfortianus (Norwood & Pratten, 1855)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Cymatospira : *Cymatospira montfortianus*
Patellostium montfortanum (Norwood & Pratten, 1855)	GBIF	species	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Cymatospira : *Patellostium montfortanum*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1855	Bellerophon montfortianum Norwood and Pratten p. 74 figs. pl. 9 f. 5a-c
1891	Bellerophon montfortianus White p. 26 figs. Pl 3, figs 15,16
1897	Patellostium montfortianum Ulrich and Scofield pp. 854, 924
1911	Patellostium montfortanum Raymond
1912	Bucanopsis montfortiana Mark p. 298
1915	Patellostium montfortianum Girty pp. 172 - 174 figs. pl. 20 f. 1-3b
1922	Patellostium montfortianum Morningstar pp. 143, 251 figs. pl. 14 f. 13
1937	Patellostium montfortianum Sturgeon p. 357
1942	Cymatospira montfortianus Knight pp. 487 - 488

Year	Name and Author
1964	Knightites (Cymatospira) montfortianus Sturgeon p. 201 figs. pl. 31 f. 1-3
1967	Knightites (Cymatospira) montfortianus Yochelson and Saunders p. 111
1984	Knightites (Cymatospira) montfortianus Kues figs. f. 3.11
1985	Cymatospira montfortianus Kues p. 12 figs. f. 2B-C
1997	Knightites (Cymatospira) montfortianus Hoare et al. p. 1027
2001	Cymatospira montfortianus Kues and Batten pp. 15 - 16 figs. f. 3. 27-3.32
2002	Knightites (Cymatospira) montfortianum Kues et al. pp. 125 – 126 fig. 3N
2017	Cymatospira montfortianus Wagner p. S3943

References

Norwood J. G., Pratten H. Notice of fossils from the Carboniferous Series of the western states belonging to the genera Spirifer, Bellerophon, Pleurotomaria, Macrocheilus, Natica, and Loxonema, with descriptions of eight new characteristc species, Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 3, 71-77

White C. A. The Texan Permian and its Mesozoic types of fossils, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 77, 1-51

Ulrich E. O., Scofield W. H. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota, The Paleontology of Minnesota 39 2, 813-1081

Raymond P. E. (1911) A preliminary list of the fauna of the Allegheny and Conemaugh series in western Pennsylvania, Report Pennsylvannia Topographical and Geological Survey Committee 7, 83-98

Mark C. G. (1912) The fossils of the Conemaugh Formation of Ohio, Ohio Geological Survey Bulletin 17, 261-318

Girty G. H. (1915) The fauna of the Wewoka Formation of Oklahoma, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 544, 1-353

Morningstar H. (1922) Pottsville fauna of Ohio, Ohio Geological Survey Bulletin 25, 1-312

Knight J. B. (1942) Four new genera of Paleozoic Gastropoda, Journal of Paleontology 16 4, 487-488

Sturgeon M. T. (1964) Allegheny fossil invertebrates from eastern Ohio - Gastropoda, Journal of Paleontology 38 2, 189-226

Yochelson E. L., Saunders B.W. (1967) A bibliographic index of North American late Paleozoic Hyolitha, Amphineura, Scaphopda and Gastropoda, United States Geological Survey Bulletin 1210, 1-271

Kues B. S. (1984) Pennsylvanian stratigraphy and paleontology of the Taos area, north-central New Mexico, Rio Grande Rift: Northern New Mexico. New Mexico Geological Society Guidebook 35, 107-114

Hoare R. D., Sturgeon M. T., et al (1997) Pennsylvannian marine gastropods from the Appalachian basin, Journal of Paleontology 71 6, 1019-1039

Kues B. S., Batten R. L. (2001) Middle Pennsylvanian gastropods from the Flechado Formation, north-central New Mexico, Journal of Paleontology 75 1, supp, 1-95

Kues B. S., Giles K.A., et al (2002) A Late Pennsylvanian outer shelf marine fauna from a highstand systems tract, Derry Hills, south-central New Mexico, New Mexico Geology 24 4, 121-130

Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database

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