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Bellerophon montfortianus Norwood & Pratten, 1855 †
1713384 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1713384)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
Norwood, J. G.; Pratten, H. (1855). Notice of fossils from the Carboniferous Series of the Western States, belonging to the genera <i>Spirifer, Bellerophon, Pleurotomaria, Macrocheilus, Natica</i>, and <i>Loxonema</i>: with descriptions of eight new characteristic species. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Series 2.</em> 3(2): 71-79., available online at https://archive.org/details/journalofacad231855acad/page/71/mode/1up
page(s): 74, pl. 9, fig. 4a-c [details]
page(s): 74, pl. 9, fig. 4a-c [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Bellerophon montfortianus Norwood & Pratten, 1855 †. Accessed at: https://molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1713384 on 2026-05-13
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Norwood, J. G.; Pratten, H. (1855). Notice of fossils from the Carboniferous Series of the Western States, belonging to the genera <i>Spirifer, Bellerophon, Pleurotomaria, Macrocheilus, Natica</i>, and <i>Loxonema</i>: with descriptions of eight new characteristic species. <em>Journal of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, Series 2.</em> 3(2): 71-79., available online at https://archive.org/details/journalofacad231855acad/page/71/mode/1up
page(s): 74, pl. 9, fig. 4a-c [details]
page(s): 74, pl. 9, fig. 4a-c [details]
Present Inaccurate Introduced: alien Containing type locality
