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| Rank | genus (PBDB) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Plectonotidae : Tritonophon | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 8 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 461 - 456 Ma Ordovician | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 423 - 419 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile (based on Plectonotidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | detritivore (based on Plectonotidae) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | A. A. Öpik. 1953. Lower Silurian fossils from the "Illaenus band" Heathcote, Victorai. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria 19:1-42 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| 👁 Image Tritonophon bohemica ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 9 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| 👁 Image Bellerophon carina ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | ||||
| 👁 Image Tritonophon kivitalonae ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 423 Ma Silurian | 423 Ma Silurian | |
| 👁 Image Tritonophon peeli ✝ species | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 4 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 456 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| 👁 Image Tritonophon subtrilobatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 6 | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| 👁 Image Tritonophon trilobatus ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 3 | 439 Ma Silurian | 426 Ma Silurian | |
| 👁 Image Tritonophon trimetra ✝ species | listed (PBDB) | 1 | 439 Ma Silurian | 439 Ma Silurian |
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1953 | Kokenospira (Tritonophon) Öpik p. 52 |
| 1974 | Tritonophon Peel |
| 1992 | Tritonophon Wahlman |
| 2002 | Tritonophon Sepkoski, Jr. |
| 2008 | Tritonophon Ebbestad et al. pp. 607 – 608 |
| Öpik A. A. (1953) Lower Silurian fossils from the "Illaenus band" Heathcote, Victorai, Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria 19, 1-42 |
| Peel J. S. (1974) Systematics, ontogeny and functional morphology of Silurian trilobed bellerophontacean gastropods, Bulletin of the Geological Society of Denmark 23, 231-264 |
| Wahlman G.P. (1992) Middle and Upper Ordovician symmetrical univalved mollusks (Monoplacophora and Bellerophontina) of the Cincinnati Arch region, United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1066 O, 1-123 |
| Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560 |
| Ebbestad J. O. R., Bassett M. G., et al (2008) Ordovician (Caradoc) Gastropoda of the Katkoyeh Formation, Kerman Province, Iran, Geobios 41 5, 605-624 doi:10.1016/j.geobios.2008.01.004 |