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Retispira cincta

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4962584https://www.gbif.org/species/4962584
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)94927https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=94927
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontidae : Retispira : Retispira cincta
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bellerophontidae : Retispira : Retispira cincta
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
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
familyBellerophontidaeM'Coy 1851
subfamilyKnightitinaeKnight 1956
genusRetispiraKnight 1945
speciesRetispira cinctaGordon & Yochelson 1987
Generic NameRetispira
Scientific NameRetispira cincta Gordon & Yochelson, 1987
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Retispira cinctaspeciesbelongs to Retispirastated with evidenceGordon and Yochelson, 1987
Retispira cinctaspeciesbelongs to Retispirastated without evidenceJeffery et al., 1994
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance339 - 323 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance331 - 318 Ma
Carboniferous
Motilityslow-moving (based on Bellerophontidae)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietdetritivore (based on Bellerophontidae)
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)M. Gordon and E. L. Yochelson. 1987. Late Mississippian gastropods of the Chainman Shale, West-Central Utah. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1368:1-112

Fossil Distribution

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1987Retispira cincta Gordon and Yochelson p. 41 figs. pl. 2 f. 32-35
1994Retispira cincta Jeffery et al. p. 64 figs. pl. 2 f. 32-35

References

Gordon M., Yochelson E. L. (1987) Late Mississippian gastropods of the Chainman Shale, West-Central Utah, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1368, 1-112
Jeffery D. L., Hoare R.D., et al (1994) Gastropods (Mollusca) from the Imo Formation (Mississippian, Chesterian) of north-central Arkansas, Journal of Paleontology 68 1, 58-79
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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