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Bellerophon patersoni

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon patersoni was named by Hall (1862). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Bucanopsis patersoni by Frest et al. (1999).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1862Bellerophon patersoni Hall p. 55 fig. 9
1999Bucanopsis patersoni Frest et al.

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

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 patersoni Hall 1862
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available