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Aglaoglypta ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4606899	https://www.gbif.org/species/4606899
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8306	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8306

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Aglaoglypta

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Aglaoglypta

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	Bellerophontinae	M'Coy 1851
genus	Aglaoglypta	Knight 1942

Scientific Name

Aglaoglypta Knight, 1942

Name Published In

J. Paleont., 16

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Aglaoglypta	genus	belongs to Bellerophontidae	stated with evidence	Knight, 1942
Aglaoglypta	subgenus	belongs to Bellerophon	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Aglaoglypta	genus	belongs to Bellerophontida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Aglaoglypta	genus	belongs to Bellerophontinae	stated with evidence	Wagner, 2017

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

388 - 383 Ma
Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

365 - 359 Ma
Late/Upper Devonian

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

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Aglaoglypta tuberculatus ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		2	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Aglaoglypta veeversi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	380 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Bellerophon hicksii ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	388 Ma Middle Devonian	388 Ma Middle Devonian
Bellerophon koeneni ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	384 Ma Middle Devonian	384 Ma Middle Devonian
Bellerophon labyrinthodes ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		4	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	365 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Bellerophon maera ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		5	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Bellerophon nactoides ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian	383 Ma Late/Upper Devonian
Bellerophon tuberculatus species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1942	Aglaoglypta Knight p. 487
1960	Bellerophon (Aglaoglypta) Knight et al. p. 181 fig. 102.6
2002	Aglaoglypta Sepkoski, Jr.
2017	Aglaoglypta Wagner p. S106

References

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

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

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

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

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

J. Paleont., 16 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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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