Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative spelling: Bellerophon (Aglaoglypta)
Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1942. Four new genera of Paleozoic Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 16(4):487-488
Parent taxon: Bellerophontinae according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Knight 1942, Knight et al. 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Bellerophon, Bubovicus, Khumerspira, Kodymites, Liljevallospira, Mogulia, Pharkidonotus, Praematuratropis, Ptychobellerophon, Semilukispira, Sphaerocyclus, Waagenella
Subtaxa: Aglaoglypta hicksii Aglaoglypta koeneni Aglaoglypta labyrinthodes Aglaoglypta maera Aglaoglypta nactoides Aglaoglypta tuberculatus Aglaoglypta veeversi
Type: Bellerophon koeneni
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (5 collections), France (1), Germany (2), the United Kingdom (5), United States (7: Alaska, Arizona, Maryland, New York, Pennsylvania)
Total: 20 collections including 21 occurrences
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