Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative combinations: Bellerophon (Pharkidonotus) harrodi, Bellerophon harrodi
Full reference: W.F.E. Gurley. 1883. New Carboniferous fossils. Gurley Bulletin 1:1-9
Belongs to Pharkidonotus according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Gurley 1883, Weller 1929 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967
Sister taxa: Pharkidonotus acutocarinatus, Pharkidonotus altitropis, Pharkidonotus breyeri, Pharkidonotus galeatus, Pharkidonotus khairliensis, Pharkidonotus khaonoiensis, Pharkidonotus labioreflexus, Pharkidonotus megalius, Pharkidonotus percarinatus, Pharkidonotus westi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Upper Coal Measures near Oakwood, which is in a Missourian carbonate limestone in the Sturgis Formation of Illinois
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (2: Illinois, Texas collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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