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Bellerophon (Bellerophon) needlensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon (Bellerophon) needlensis was named by Gordon and Yochelson (1987). Its type specimen is USNM 210930, a shell, and it is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USGS 15160-PC. North end of Needle Range. T ½ sec. 27, T.25 S., R.19 W., which is in an Arnsbergian marine shale in the Chainman Shale Formation of Nevada.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. deflectus

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1987Bellerophon (Bellerophon) needlensis Gordon and Yochelson p. 37 figs. pl. 1 f. 18-20

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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
speciesneedlensis

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 (Bellerophon) needlensis Gordon and Yochelson 1987
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Diagnosis
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