Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative combinations: Bellerophon (Bellerophon) spergensis, Bellerophon spergensis
Invalid subtaxa: Bellerophon (Bellerophon) sublaevis Hall 1856 [replaced name], Bellerophon sublaevis Hall 1856 [replaced name], Bellerophon sublevis Hall 1856 [replaced name]
Full reference: M., J.r. Gordon and E. L. Yochelson. 1983. A gastropod fauna from the Cravenoceras hesperium ammonoid zone (Upper Mississippian) in east-central Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 57(5):971-991
Belongs to Waagenella according to J. A. Harper 2018
See also Buddington and Chapin 1929, Gordon and Yochelson 1983, Hall 1856, Hall 1883, Wagner 2023 and Weller 1916
Sister taxa: Bellerophon (Bellerophon) spergenensis, Waagenella asiaticus, Waagenella claxtonensis, Waagenella crassus, Waagenella cylindrica, Waagenella dumonti, Waagenella jonesianus, Waagenella lineatus, Waagenella meeki, Waagenella menardensis, Waagenella microstriata, Waagenella muensteri, Waagenella pinguis, Waagenella plummeri, Waagenella rectistriatus, Waagenella roemeri, Waagenella rownhamensis, Waagenella sowerbyi, Waagenella vespertinus, Waagenella yuani
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of Canada (1: Alberta collection), United States (23: Alaska, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Ohio, Virginia)
Total: 24 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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