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Strangulites strangulatus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Sinuitidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon (Sinuites) strangulatus was named by Perner (1903) [?Bellerophon (Sinuites) strangulatus]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Konigshof, which is in a Kralodvorian marine horizon in the Králuv Dvur Formation of the Czech Republic. It is the type species of Strangulites.

It was recombined as Strangulites strangulatus by Horný (1962), Horný (1963) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1903Bellerophon (Sinuites) strangulatus Perner pp. 159
1907Bellerophon (Sinuites) strangulatus Perner figs. pl. 87 f. 12-14
1962Strangulites strangulatus Horný p. 473
1963Strangulites strangulatus Horný pp. 75 - 76 figs. pl. 5 f. 4-6; pl. 6 f. 1-3
2023Strangulites strangulatus Wagner p. 416

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familySinuitidae
genusStrangulites
speciesstrangulatus()

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
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-20 21:22:50
Modified: 2009-09-20 23:22:50
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Kralodvorian to the top of the Rawtheyan or 449.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kralodvorian449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic (Bohemia) Bellerophon strangulatus (type locality: 105701)
Kralodvorian - Rawtheyan449.8 - 445.2Czech Republic Strangulites strangulatus (238013)