Bellerophon vasulites de Montfort 1808 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Alternative combination: Bellerophon (Bellerophon) vasulites

Full reference: P. D. de Montfort. 1808. Conchyliologie systématique, et classification méthodique des coquilles; offfrant leurs figures, leur arrangement générique, leurs descriptions caractéristiques, leurs noms; ainsi que leur synonymie en plusieurs langues. Coquilles univalves, cloisonnées 1

Belongs to Bellerophon according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Cook 1997, de Montfort 1808, Frýda 1998, Heidelberger 2001, Kase and Nishida 1986 and Knight 1941

Sister taxa: Bellerophon (Bellerophon), Bellerophon (Bucaniella), Bellerophon affinis, Bellerophon allegoricus, Bellerophon alutaceus, Bellerophon anthracophilus, Bellerophon barquensis, Bellerophon barrandei, Bellerophon bicarenus, Bellerophon bidorsata, Bellerophon blainvillei, Bellerophon blairi, Bellerophon bristolensis, Bellerophon chapmani, Bellerophon chesterensis, Bellerophon clarki, Bellerophon combsi, Bellerophon compressus, Bellerophon contortus, Bellerophon corriei, Bellerophon costatus, Bellerophon crassoides, Bellerophon cresswelli, Bellerophon creswelli, Bellerophon cymbularia, Bellerophon deflectus, Bellerophon demaneti, Bellerophon denckmanni, Bellerophon depauperatus, Bellerophon eminens, Bellerophon erawanensis, Bellerophon excavatus, Bellerophon formani, Bellerophon fraternus, Bellerophon gibsoni, Bellerophon goslariensis, Bellerophon graphicus, Bellerophon havliceki, Bellerophon helena, Bellerophon hiulcus, Bellerophon huashibanensis, Bellerophon hyalina, Bellerophon imperforatus, Bellerophon impressus, Bellerophon incertus, Bellerophon incomptus, Bellerophon insculptus, Bellerophon interstrialis, Bellerophon irregularis, Bellerophon isfarensis, Bellerophon janus, Bellerophon jeffersonensis, Bellerophon karatshatyrensis, Bellerophon kyndalynensis, Bellerophon laticallis, Bellerophon latisulcatus, Bellerophon latofasciatus, Bellerophon ledburiensis, Bellerophon lenticularis, Bellerophon lineatus, Bellerophon livengoodensis, Bellerophon lohestoe, Bellerophon macromphalus, Bellerophon macrostoma, Bellerophon mansfieldianus, Bellerophon miser, Bellerophon mongoliensis, Bellerophon murchisoni, Bellerophon nactus, Bellerophon nevadensis, Bellerophon newberryi, Bellerophon patersoni, Bellerophon pelops, Bellerophon pennatus, Bellerophon permianus, Bellerophon perplexa, Bellerophon pisum, Bellerophon pitkinensis, Bellerophon politus, Bellerophon polonicus, Bellerophon propinquus, Bellerophon pygmaeus, Bellerophon qinglongensis, Bellerophon quadratus, Bellerophon ruthveni, Bellerophon scaber, Bellerophon scheii, Bellerophon scissile, Bellerophon sedaliensis, Bellerophon shakhtauensis, Bellerophon shelbiensis, Bellerophon singularis, Bellerophon solitarius, Bellerophon solvensis, Bellerophon spergensis, Bellerophon squamatus, Bellerophon strictocanaliculus, Bellerophon stummi, Bellerophon subcostatus, Bellerophon subglobatus, Bellerophon subglobulus, Bellerophon sublaevis, Bellerophon sulcatinus, Bellerophon sulcatulus, Bellerophon sverdrupi, Bellerophon swainsensis, Bellerophon tenuifascia, Bellerophon tenuilineata, Bellerophon tenureticulatum, Bellerophon triangularis, Bellerophon tubulosus, Bellerophon ulrichi, Bellerophon vigilii, Bellerophon wewokanus, Bellerophon whittleseyi, Bellerophon wrighti, Bellerophon yabei

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Am Wachtberg Quarry, Sötenich (= Soetnich or Soetenich, Gerolstein), Eifel Mountains. (Sötenicher Mulde, Nordeifel, MTB Mechernich, R 2540 000 / H 5598 7000) (Devonian of Germany)

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