Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Alternative combination: Bellerophon cristatus

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1889. La Fauna dei Calcari Con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo, Fasc 2. Nautiloidea e Gastropoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 20:97-182

Belongs to Bellerophon (Bellerophon) according to E. L. Yochelson 1960

See also Gemmellaro 1889

Sister taxa: Bellerophon (Bellerophon) blanfordianus, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) complanatus, 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) welshi, Bellerophon (Bellerophon) yochelsoni

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio

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