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Bellerophon (Bellerophon) equivicalus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon equivocalis was named by Reed (1944). Its type specimen is GSI 17227, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bellerophon (Bellerophon) equivicalus by Batten (1972).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1944Bellerophon equivocalis Reed p. 348 figs. Pl 59, fig 5
1972Bellerophon (Bellerophon) equivicalus Batten p. 11 fig. 4a,b

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyBellerophontinae
genusBellerophon
subgenusBellerophon
speciesequivicalus()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Diagnosis
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