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Bellerophon graphicus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon graphicus was named by Moore (1941). It is not extant. Its type locality is US Highway 40, 9.4 miles west of Lawrence, 3 miles south of Lecompton, which is in a Virgilian carbonate limestone in the Deer Creek Formation of Kansas.

It was recombined as Bellerophon (Bellerophon) graphicus by Batten (1995), Hoare et al. (1997).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1941Bellerophon graphicus Moore
1995Bellerophon (Bellerophon) graphicus Batten p. 7 fig. 1
1997Bellerophon (Bellerophon) graphicus Hoare et al. p. 1026
2001Bellerophon graphicus Kues and Batten p. 12
2023Bellerophon graphicus Wagner p. 4069

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

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.

Bellerophon graphicus Moore 1941
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. L. Batten 1995Small, compressed bellerophontiform shells. Whorl expansion rate moderate, forming an evenly developed, nearly equiangular spiral shell. Selenizone flush to slightly raised above dorsum. Lateral lips slightly reflexed in area of umbilici and nearly straight over dorsum to selenizone where they form a rectangular-shaped sinus. Selenizone is flattened to convex and has straight lunulae with little arcing. Selenizone margins are sharply indented, narrow troughs. Growth lines are slightly imbricated and, on some specimens, clustered into broad, flat ribs. Anomphalus.