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Bellerophon huashibanensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon huashibanensis was named by Xi (1994). It is a 3D body fossil.

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Synonymy list
YearName and author
1994Bellerophon huashibanensis Xi pp. 622, 631 figs. pl. 1 f. 3-5

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

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
Y.-h. Xi 1994ornam ented with curved lam elae which m ay be irregularly im bricated and ragged on the
Shell small, globose; aperture semilunate, expanded; surface smooth,
ornamented with curved lamellae which may be irregularly imbricated and ragged on the edges. Selenizone narrow, not elevated, inconspicuous, bounded by 2 incised lines, and ornamented with delicate imbricate growth lamellae. Umbilicus closed.