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Bellerophon scaber

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Tremagyrus scaber was named by Perner (1903). It is a 3D body fossil. It is the type species of Tremagyrus.

It was recombined as Tremanotus scaber by Knight et al. (1960); it was recombined as Bellerophon scaber by Horný (1963), Horný (1995), Horný (1996), Frýda (1999) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Tremagyrus scaber Perner pp. 129 - 130 figs. txt. f. 91-92
1903Cymbularia verrucosa Perner pp. 151 - 152 figs. txt. f. 106; pl. 87 f. 15-19
1903Cymbularia bacchus Perner pp. 152 - 154 figs. txt. f. 107; pl. 87 f. 20, 35
1960Tremanotus scaber Knight et al. p. 180
1963Bellerophon scaber Horný pp. 125 - 126 figs. pl. 37 f. 1-6; pl. 42 f. 5
1995Bellerophon scaber Horný pp. 15 - 17 figs. pl. 1 - 3; pl. 4 f. 1-5; txt f. 1
1996Bellerophon scaber Horný pp. 59 - 62 figs. pl. 1-2
1999Bellerophon scaber Frýda pp. 141 - 142 figs. f. 1.1-1.5
2023Bellerophon scaber Wagner p. 167

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

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.

Bellerophon scaber Perner 1903
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Invalid names: Bellerophon bacchus Perner 1903 [synonym], Bellerophon verrucosa Perner 1903 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: slow-movingg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:42:55
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:33
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Homerian to the top of the Ludfordian or 430.50000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Homerian430.5 - 427.4Czech Republic Bellerophon scaber (14053)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Czech Republic (Bohemia) Cymbularia verrucosa (106307)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Czech Republic (Bohemia) Bellerophon bacchus, Bellerophon scaber (104939)