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Retispira suhaensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon (Bucania) suhaensis was named by Kittl (1903). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Suha Česma, SSE of Prača, which is in a Lopingian marine horizon in the Bellerophon Formation of Bosnia and Herzegovina.

It was recombined as Bucania suhaensis by Kittl (1904); it was recombined as Knightites (Retispira) suhaensis by Yochelson (1960); it was recombined as Retispira suhaensis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Bellerophon (Bucania) suhaensis Kittl pp. 693 - 695 figs. pl. 22 (2) f. 19-23
1904Bucania suhaensis Kittl
1960Knightites (Retispira) suhaensis Yochelson p. 242
2023Retispira suhaensis Wagner p. S2473

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyKnightitinae
genusRetispira
speciessuhaensis()

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.

Retispira suhaensis Kittl 1903
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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
Collections
No collection or age range data are available