Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative combination: Bellerophon (Pharkidonotus) labioreflexus
Full reference: M. T. Sturgeon. 1964. Allegheny fossil invertebrates from eastern Ohio: Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 38(2):189-226
Belongs to Pharkidonotus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Sturgeon 1964
Sister taxa: Pharkidonotus acutocarinatus, Pharkidonotus altitropis, Pharkidonotus breyeri, Pharkidonotus galeatus, Pharkidonotus harrodi, Pharkidonotus khairliensis, Pharkidonotus khaonoiensis, Pharkidonotus megalius, Pharkidonotus percarinatus, Pharkidonotus westi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Mmu-1. Abandoned strip mines, 4 miles south of Dresden, which is in a Desmoinesian marine shale in the Allegheny Formation of Ohio.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (5: Ohio collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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