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| Bellerophon umbilicalis.[citation needed] | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda (?) |
| Order: | †Bellerophontida |
| Family: | †Bellerophontidae |
| Genus: | †Bellerophon Montfort, 1808 |
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Carinaropsis (Bellerophon) (alternative spelling) | |
Bellerophon is a genus of extinct paleozoic marine molluscs of uncertain position (Gastropoda or Monoplacophora) in the family Bellerophontidae.
The genus was named after Bellerophon, the ancient Greek hero.
Bellerophon is the type genus of the family Bellerophontidae.[1]
- ^ Bouchet, Philippe; Rocroi, Jean-Pierre; Frýda, Jiri; Hausdorf, Bernard; Ponder, Winston; Valdés, Ángel & Warén, Anders (2005). "Classification and nomenclator of gastropod families". Malacologia. 47 (1–2). Hackenheim, Germany: ConchBooks: 1–397. ISBN 3-925919-72-4. ISSN 0076-2997.