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Bellerophon (Sorobanobaca) matsumotoi

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon (Sorobanobaca) matsumotoi was named by Nishida (1969). Its type specimen is GS. D54, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ohirayama Mine, Tosa Limestone Co., which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in the Takaoka Formation of Japan. It is the type species of Bellerophon (Sorobanobaca).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Bellerophon (Sorobanobaca) matsumotoi Nishida pp. 84 - 86 figs. pl. 1 f. 1-12; txt. f. 3

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
genusBellerophon()
subgenusSorobanobaca
speciesmatsumotoi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 14:40:27
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:14
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Wordian or 266.90000 to 264.28000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Japan (Shikoku) Bellerophon matsumotoi (type locality: 149241)