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

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) orientalis, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) oteroensis, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) panneus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) parvicristus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) planodorsatum, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) stevensianus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) vinculatus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) welshi, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) yochelsoni

Type specimen: USNM 210930, a shell. Its type locality is USGS 15160-PC. North end of Needle Range. T ½ sec. 27, T.25 S., R.19 W., which is in an Arnsbergian marine shale in the Chainman Shale Formation of Nevada.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at USGS 15160-PC. North end of Needle Range. T ½ sec. 27, T.25 S., R.19 W.

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