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Cymbularia alatus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon alatus was named by Portlock (1843). It is not extant. Its type locality is Desertcreat, Pomeroy Inlier, which is in a Cautleyan coastal sandstone in the Killey Bridge Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Cymbularia alatus by Reed (1921) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1843Bellerophon alatus Portlock p. 471 figs. pl. 33 f. 9
1921Cymbularia alatus Reed pp. 63 - 64 figs. pl. 10 f. 10-11
2023Cymbularia alatus Wagner p. 4800

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyCymbulariinae
genusCymbularia
speciesalatus()

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.

Cymbularia alatus Portlock 1843
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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: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 09:51:15
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:21:33
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Cautleyan or 449.20000 to 448.80000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cautleyan449.2 - 448.8United Kingdom (Northern Ireland) Bellerophon alatus (154951)