Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Full reference: E. L. Yochelson. 1960. Permian Gastropoda of the southwestern United States. 3. Bellerophontacea and Patellacea. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 119(4):208-293
Belongs to Bellerophon (Bellerophon) according to E. L. Yochelson 1960
Sister taxa: Bellerophon (Bellerophon) blanfordianus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) complanatus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) cristatus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) equivicalus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) hilli, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) huecoensis, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) kingorum, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) kitakamiensis, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) lamellosus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) majusculus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) mongoliensis, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) needlensis, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) orientalis, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) panneus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) parvicristus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) planodorsatum, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) stevensianus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) vinculatus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) welshi, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) yochelsoni
Type specimen: Its type locality is USNM712a, Elwood Siding, Orogrande, which is in an Artinskian shallow subtidal limestone in the Hueco Formation of New Mexico
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at USNM712a, Elwood Siding, Orogrande
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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