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Bellerophon pelops

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon (Bucania) pelops was named by Hall (1862) [Bellerophon (Bucania) Pelops]. It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bellerophon pelops by Hall (1876), Clarke and Swartz (1913), McCammon (1960), Linsley (1994) and Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. deflectus

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Bellerophon (Bucania) pelops Hall p. 56
1876Bellerophon pelops Hall figs. pl. 22 f. 7-12
1879Bellerophon pelops exponens Hall pp. 96 - 97 figs. pl. 25 f. 4, not 1-3
1913Bellerophon pelops Clarke and Swartz p. 666
1942Bellerophon (Bellerophon) glyptotaenius Radabaugh
1942Bellerophon (Bellerophon) homalotaenius Radabaugh
1960Bellerophon pelops McCammon pp. 71 – 72 figs. pl. 12 f. 3-4
1994Bellerophon pelops Linsley figs. pl. 245 f. 1-3
2023Bellerophon pelops Wagner p. 162

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

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 pelops Hall 1862
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Invalid names: Bellerophon exponens Hall 1879 [synonym], Bellerophon glyptotaenius Radabaugh 1942 [synonym], Bellerophon homalotaenius Radabaugh 1942 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: slow-movingg
Life habit: low-level epifaunalg
Diet: detritivoreg
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 18:42:55
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:33
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Emsian to the top of the Givetian or 407.60000 to 382.70000 Ma

Collections (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Emsian407.6 - 393.3France Bellerophon pelops (154581)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Ohio) Bellerophon pelops (130083 130152 130153 130154 130260 130267)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (Michigan) Bellerophon glyptotaenius, Bellerophon homalotaenius (98044 128912 128941 128943 128950)
Eifelian393.3 - 387.7USA (New York) Bellerophon pelops (154580)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Canada (Manitoba) Bellerophon pelops (6718 6722 6724 106309 106310)