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Bellerophon lineatus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy

Bellerophon lineatus was named by Dechen (1832). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Bellerophon (Bellerophon) lineatus by Heidelberger (2001).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

B. deflectus

Synonyms

Bellerophon striatus was named by Bronn (1835). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Teutonophon lineatus by Wagner (2023).
Bellerophon striatus was named by de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny (1840). It is not a trace fossil.

It was synonymized subjectively with Bellerophon lineatus by Kirchner (1915); it was recombined as Teutonophon striatus by Blodgett and Frýda (1999) and Heidelberger and Koch (2005); it was synonymized subjectively with Teutonophon lineatus by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1832	Bellerophon lineatus Dechen
1835	Bellerophon striatus Bronn
1840	Bellerophon striatus de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny figs. pl. 7 f. 6-7
1842	Bellerophon striatus d’Archiac and de Verneuil p. 353 figs. pl. 28 f. 6
1855	Bellerophon lineatus Sandberger and Sandberger p. 179 figs. pl. 22 f. 5
1876	Bellerophon striatus Roemer figs. pl. 32 f. 9
1892	Bellerophon lineatus Whidborne p. 321 figs. pl. 31 f. 3-6
1999	Teutonophon striatus Blodgett and Frýda p. 296 figs. txt. f. 2a-e
2001	Bellerophon (Bellerophon) lineatus Heidelberger pp. 26 - 28 figs. pl. 1 f. 3-5
2005	Teutonophon striatus Heidelberger and Koch p. 8 figs. pl. 1 f. 1-3
2005	Bellerophon lineatus Heidelberger and Koch p. 9 figs. pl. 2 f. 1-3
2023	Bellerophon lineatus Wagner p. S2536

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda

Rank	Name	Author
order	Bellerophontida	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
suborder	Bellerophontina
superfamily	Bellerophontoidea	()
family	Bellerophontidae
subfamily	Bellerophontinae
genus	Bellerophon
species	lineatus

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 lineatus Dechen 1832

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Invalid names: Bellerophon striatus Bronn 1835 [synonym], Teutonophon striatus de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny 1840 [synonym]

Diagnosis

Reference	Diagnosis
D. Heidelberger and L. Koch 2005	Convolute shell with an oval to nearly globular cross-section; selenizone developed as a broad, elevated median keel; umbilici always well visible and deep; outer lip of the aperture well-rounded and slightly enlarged on both sides; ornamentation consisting of fine, slightly irregular growth lines, slightly arched near the selenizone and entering the umbilici at a very acute angle.