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Bellerophon carbonarius

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)8935327https://www.gbif.org/species/8935327
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)77639https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=77639
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euphemitidae : Euphemites : Bellerophon carbonarius
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Euphemitidae : Euphemites : Bellerophon carbonarius
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
familyEuphemitidaeKnight 1956
genusEuphemitesWarthin 1930
speciesBellerophon carbonariusCox 1857
Generic NameBellerophon
Scientific NameBellerophon carbonarius (Cox, 1857)
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Euphemites carbonariusspeciesbelongs to Bellerophonstated without evidenceCox, 1857
Euphemites carbonariusspeciesbelongs to Euphemusstated with evidenceUlrich and Scofield, 1897
Euphemites carbonariusspeciesbelongs to Euphemusstated without evidenceReed, 1944
Euphemites carbonariusspeciesbelongs to Euphemitesstated with evidenceYochelson, 1960
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance326 - 318 Ma
Carboniferous
Last Recorded Appearance260 - 252 Ma
Permian
Motilityactively mobile (based on Euphemites)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietcarnivore (based on Euphemites)
Taphonomyaragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)
Primary Reference (PBDB)E.T. Cox. 1857. Palaeontology report of Coal Measure Mollusca. Kentucky Geological Survey 3:557-576

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

NameStatusCommon Name(s)Fossil OccurrencesOldestYoungest
Bellerophon carbonarius carbonarius
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Bellerophon carbonarius subpapillosus
subspecies
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Bellerophon carbonarius carbonarius
variety
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB
Bellerophon carbonarius subpapillosus
variety
accepted (GBIF)No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

NameSourceTaxon RankTaxonomy
Euphemus carbonaria (Cox, 1857)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euphemitidae : Euphemites : Euphemus carbonaria
Euphemites carbonarius (Cox, 1857)GBIFspeciesAnimalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euphemitidae : Euphemites : Euphemites carbonarius

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1857Bellerophon carbonarius Cox p. 562
1897Euphemus carbonarius Ulrich and Scofield p. 855
1944Euphemus carbonaria Reed
1960Euphemites carbonarius Yochelson p. 254
1997Euphemites carbonarius Pan p. 606

References

Cox E.T. Palaeontology report of Coal Measure Mollusca, Kentucky Geological Survey 3, 557-576
Ulrich E. O., Scofield W. H. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota, The Paleontology of Minnesota 39 2, 813-1081
Reed F. R. C. (1944) Brachiopoda and Mollusca from the Productus limestones of the Salt Range, Palaeontogica Indica, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of India, New Series 23 2, 1-596
Yochelson E. L. (1960) Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 3. Bellerophontacea and Patellacea, Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 119 4, 208-293
Pan H. (1997) Namurian (Lower Carboniferous) gastropod assemblages from Ningxia, China, Journal of Paleontology 71 4, 599-609
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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