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Bellerophon (Bellerophon) planodorsatum

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) planodorsatum was named by Hoare (1961). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Loc. 31. Waste banks of Carroll mine on the west side of Tebo Creek, ΒΌ mile northeast of Lewis, which is in a Desmoinesian marine shale/coal in the Cabaniss Formation of Missouri.

It was corrected as Bellerophon (Bellerophon) planodorsatus by Kues (1984).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. deflectus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1961Bellerophon (Bellerophon) planodorsatum Hoare pp. 139-140 figs. pl. 19 f. 3-5
1984Bellerophon (Bellerophon) planodorsatus Kues p. 110

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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
speciesplanodorsatum

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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