Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative combinations: Bellerophon (Bellerophon) crassus, Bellerophon crassus, Waagenella crassa
Full reference: F. B. Meek and A. H. Worthen. 1860. Description of new Carboniferous fossils from Illinois and other western states. Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia 12:447-472
Belongs to Waagenella according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Batten 1995, Girty 1908, Hoare et al. 1997, Kues 1984, Kues and Batten 2001, Meek and Worthen 1860, Meek and Worthen 1866, Termier and Termier 1977, White 1891 and Yochelson and Saunders 1967
Sister taxa: Waagenella asiaticus, Waagenella claxtonensis, Waagenella cylindrica, Waagenella dumonti, Waagenella jonesianus, Waagenella lineatus, Waagenella meeki, Waagenella menardensis, Waagenella microstriata, Waagenella muensteri, Waagenella pinguis, Waagenella plummeri, Waagenella rectistriatus, Waagenella roemeri, Waagenella rownhamensis, Waagenella sowerbyi, Waagenella vespertinus, Waagenella yuani
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Virgilian of United States (9: Maryland, Ohio, Texas collections)
• Desmoinesian of United States (12: Missouri, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Texas)
• Atokan of United States (1: Wyoming)
• Carboniferous of United States (9: Arizona, Maryland, Missouri, New mexico, Ohio, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 31 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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