Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Full reference: M. Gordon and E. L. Yochelson. 1987. Late Mississippian gastropods of the Chainman Shale, West-Central Utah. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 1368:1-112
Belongs to Bellerophon (Bellerophon) according to M. Gordon and E. L. Yochelson 1987
See also Jeffery et al. 1994
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) oteroensis, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) panneus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) parvicristus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) planodorsatum, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) stevensianus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) vinculatus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) yochelsoni
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (4: Arkansas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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