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Bellerophon bicarenus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon bicarenus was named by Léveillé (1835). It is a 3D body fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. deflectus

Synonyms
  • Bellerophon scalifer was named by de Koninck (1883) [= Bellerophon bicarenus de Koninck 1843 pl. 38 f. 8, not pl. 37 f. 1]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Visé, which is in a Visean carbonate limestone in the Calcaire de Seilles Formation of Belgium.

    It was synonymized subjectively with Bellerophon bicarenus by Wagner (2023).
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1835Bellerophon bicarenus Léveillé p. 38 figs. pl. 2 f. 5-7
1843Bellerophon bicarenus de Koninck figs. pl. 27 f. 1
1850Bellerophon bicarinus d'Orbigny p. 126
1883Bellerophon bicarenus de Koninck p. 139 figs. pl. 39 f. 11-13
1883Bellerophon scalifer de Koninck p. 141 figs. pl. 40 f. 4-8. not 10
1931Bellerophon bicarenus Weir p. 803
1931Bellerophon scalifer Weir pp. 805 - 806 figs. pl. 4 f. 8-11
2023Bellerophon bicarenus Wagner p. S7886

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

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 bicarenus Léveillé 1835
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Invalid names: Bellerophon scalifer de Koninck 1883 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available