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Boucotonotus

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)71166https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=71166
Rankgenus (PBDB)
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Plectonotidae : Boucotonotus
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontinaUlrich and Scofield 1897
superfamilyBellerophontoidea
familyPlectonotidae
genusBoucotonotusFrýda and Manda 1997
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Boucotonotussubgenusbelongs to Plectonotusstated without evidenceFrýda and Manda, 1997
Boucotonotusgenusbelongs to Plectonotinaestated without evidenceFrýda, 1999
Boucotonotusgenusbelongs to Plectonotinaestated with evidenceBouchet et al., 2005
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)3
First Recorded Appearance411 - 408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Last Recorded Appearance411 - 408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
Motilityactively mobile (based on Plectonotidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietdetritivore (based on Plectonotidae)
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)J. Frýda and S. Manda. 1997. A gastropod faunule from the Monograptus uniformis graptolite Biozone (Early Lochkovian, Early Devonian) in Bohemia. Mitteilungen Geologie-Paläontologie Institut der Universitat Hamburg 80:59-121

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Plectonotus mareki
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
Plectonotus snajdri
species
accepted (GBIF)
listed (PBDB)
1411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian
411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1997Plectonotus (Boucotonotus) Frýda and Manda p. 69
1999Boucotonotus Frýda p. 313
2005Boucotonotus Bouchet et al. pp. 38, 241

References

Frýda J., Manda S. (1997) A gastropod faunule from the Monograptus uniformis graptolite Biozone (Early Lochkovian, Early Devonian) in Bohemia, Mitteilungen Geologie-Paläontologie Institut der Universitat Hamburg 80, 59-121
Frýda J. (1999) Secondary shell deposits in a new plectonotid gastropod genus (Bellerophontoidea, Mollusca) from the Early Devonian of Bohemia, Journal of the Czech Geological Society 44 3/4, 309-315
Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
 
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