Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative combinations: Bellerophon stevensanus, Bellerophon stevensianus
Full reference: A. M. McChesney. 1859. Descriptions of new species of fossils from the Paleozoic rocks of the western states. Transactions of the Chicago Academy of Sciences 1:1-76
Belongs to Bellerophon (Bellerophon) according to E. L. Yochelson and B.W. Saunders 1967
See also Mark 1912, McChesney 1859, McChesney 1865, McChesney 1867 and Sayre 1930
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) vinculatus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) welshi, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) yochelsoni
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: Illinois, Ohio collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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