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Plectonotoides trilobatus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Plectonotidae

Taxonomy
Planorbis trilobatus was named by Conrad (1839). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Bucania trilobatus by Hall (1852), Rogers (1858), Foerste (1887) and Grabau (1901); it was recombined as Bellerophon trilobatus by Lesley (1889); it was recombined as Bellerophon (Bucania) trilobatus by Foerste (1893); it was recombined as Bellerophon (Bucaniella) trilobatus by Reed (1904); it was recombined as Bucaniella trilobata by Knod (1908) and Reed (1921); it was recombined as Bellerophon (Plectonotus) trilobatus by Williams and Breger (1916); it was recombined as Bucanella trilobita by Bolton (1957); it was recombined as Tritonophon trilobata by Peel (1974); it was recombined as Plectonotus trilobatus by Laubacher et al. (1982); it was recombined as Plectonotoides trilobatus by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Planorbis trilobatus Conrad p. 113 figs. pl. 3 f. 16
1852Bucania trilobatus Hall pp. 24; 93 figs. pl. 4 f. 5a-b, 3d (part); pl. 28 f. 10a-b
1858Bucania trilobatus Rogers p. 822 fig. 624
1887Bucania trilobatus Foerste p. 103 figs. pl. 8 f. 33a-b
1889Bellerophon trilobatus Lesley p. 88
1893Bellerophon (Bucania) trilobatus Foerste p. 549 figs. pl. 27 f. 33a-b
1901Bucania trilobatus Grabau p. 213 fig. 144
1904Bellerophon (Bucaniella) trilobatus Reed pp. 242 - 243 figs. pl. 30 f. 5
1908Bucaniella trilobata Knod pp. 505 - 506
1916Bellerophon (Plectonotus) trilobatus Williams and Breger pp. 266 – 269 figs. pl. 14 f. 1, 1a-b, 12-13, 17–19, 28
1921Bucaniella trilobata Reed pp. 28 - 30 figs. pl. 5 f. 12; pl. 6 f. 1-3
1957Bucanella trilobita Bolton figs. Table III
1974Tritonophon trilobata Peel pp. 256 - 258 figs. pl. 2 f. 15, 18-22, 24-52; pl. 3 f. 1-9,
1982Plectonotus trilobatus Laubacher et al. p. 1145
2023Plectonotoides trilobatus Wagner p. S2605

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyPlectonotidae()
genusPlectonotoides
speciestrilobatus()

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: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:25:39
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:24:49
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Rhuddanian to the top of the Lochkovian or 443.40000 to 410.80000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8Canada (Ontario) Bucanella trilobita (173220)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (New York) Bucanella sp. (445)
Llandovery - Ludlow443.4 - 423.0Peru Plectonotus trilobatus (25082)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) Bellerophon trilobatus (23057)
Ludfordian425.6 - 423.0Canada (Nova Scotia) Tritonophon trilobata (3843)
Lochkovian419.2 - 410.8USA (Maine) Bellerophon trilobatus (103288 103304)