Aglaoglypta Knight 1942 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Alternative spelling: Bellerophon (Aglaoglypta)

Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1942. Four new genera of Paleozoic Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 16(4):487-488

Parent taxon: Bellerophontinae according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Knight 1942, Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bellerophon, Bubovicus, Khumerspira, Kodymites, Liljevallospira, Mogulia, Pharkidonotus, Praematuratropis, Ptychobellerophon, Semilukispira, Sphaerocyclus, Waagenella

Subtaxa: Aglaoglypta hicksii Aglaoglypta koeneni Aglaoglypta labyrinthodes Aglaoglypta maera Aglaoglypta nactoides Aglaoglypta tuberculatus Aglaoglypta veeversi

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Type: Bellerophon koeneni

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (5 collections), France (1), Germany (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (7: Alaska, Arizona, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania)

Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences

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