Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative combination: Bellerophon sowerbyi
Full reference: A. E. de Ferrusac and A. D. d'Orbigny. 1840. Histoire naturelle générale et particulière de céphalopodes acétabulifères vivants et fossiles 1-361
Belongs to Waagenella according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Batten 1966, d'Orbigny 1850, de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny 1840, Rollins 1975 and Weir 1931
Sister taxa: 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 vespertinus, Waagenella yuani
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (2: Iowa)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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