Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative combinations: Bellerophon marcouianus, Bucanopsis marcouana, Bucanopsis marcouiana, Knightites (Retispira) marcouianus
Full reference: N.B. Geinitz. 1866. Carbonformation und Dyas in Nebraska. Kaiserliche Leopoldinisch-Carolinische Deutsche Akademie Naturforscher Verhandlungen 33:1-92
Belongs to Retispira according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Geinitz 1866, Keyes 1894, Meek 1872, Morgan 1924, Raymond 1911, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Yochelson 1960
Sister taxa: Knightites (Retispira) hanzawai, Knightites (Retispira) striata, Knightites (Retispira) warthi, Retispira albapinensis, Retispira angustifasciata, Retispira asiatica, Retispira bellireticulata, Retispira bilabiatus, Retispira bimorpha, Retispira bittneri, Retispira boltoni, Retispira carinatus, Retispira chenmazijingensis, Retispira chernyshevi, Retispira christinae, Retispira cincta, Retispira clarkei, Retispira concinna, Retispira crucilirata, Retispira culleni, Retispira decussatus, Retispira deflectus, Retispira devonica, Retispira elegans, Retispira elevata, Retispira emerii, Retispira espinasa, Retispira exilis, Retispira fascireticulatus, Retispira fragilis, Retispira guizhouensis, Retispira hibernicus, Retispira hohenlimburgensis, Retispira integra, Retispira irwinensis, Retispira kansasensis, Retispira kattaensis, Retispira keyniana, Retispira khaophrikensis, Retispira leda, Retispira lyelli, Retispira makatikhae, Retispira matanensis, Retispira meekiana, Retispira modesta, Retispira monronensis, Retispira mowensis, Retispira multicancellata, Retispira multilirata, Retispira multiscalpta, Retispira navicula, Retispira ningxiaensis, Retispira nodocostata, Retispira nodulifera, Retispira nolani, Retispira ordinata, Retispira ornatissima, Retispira ornatus, Retispira otsego, Retispira patagoniensis, Retispira perelegans, Retispira puchenpraensis, Retispira qingshuiheensis, Retispira qingshuihensis, Retispira repertus, Retispira reticulata, Retispira reticulatus, Retispira retifera, Retispira rumpfi, Retispira schwelmensis, Retispira sinensis, Retispira solignaci, Retispira strictocanalicula, Retispira strictura, Retispira subtilistriata, Retispira suhaensis, Retispira sullivani, Retispira tasselli, Retispira temnonema, Retispira tenuilineata, Retispira tenuilirata, Retispira texana, Retispira textiliformis, Retispira textilis, Retispira triangularis, Retispira tumidus, Retispira undata, Retispira waverliensis, Retispira yochelsoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is Nebraska City Section, Clay Pits southeast of Nebraska City, which is in a Virgilian marine shale in the Pillsbury Shale Formation of Nebraska
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Nebraska, Pennsylvania collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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