BETA TEST - Fossil data and pages are very much experimental and under development. Please report any problems

Bellerophon (Patellostium) revolvens ✝

Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	Not linked to a GBIF record.
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	175376	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=175376

Rank

species (PBDB)

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
order	Bellerophontida	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
suborder	Bellerophontina	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
superfamily	Bellerophontoidea
family	Bucaniidae	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
subfamily	Bucaniinae	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
genus	Patellostium	Waagen 1880
species	Bellerophon (Patellostium) revolvens	Williams and Breger 1916

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Bellerophon (Patellostium) revolvens	species	belongs to Bellerophon (Patellostium)	stated with evidence	Williams and Breger, 1916

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

419 - 411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Last Recorded Appearance

419 - 411 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Motility

actively mobile (based on Bucaniidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

detritivore (based on Bucaniidae)

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

H. S. Williams and C. L. Breger. 1916. The fauna of the Chapman Sandstone of Maine. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 89:1-347

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1916	Bellerophon (Patellostium) revolvens Williams and Breger p. 265 figs. pl. 14 f. 14-15, 20, 27

Williams H. S., Breger C. L. (1916) The fauna of the Chapman Sandstone of Maine, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 89, 1-347

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!