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Bellerophon (mollusc) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Bellerophon is a genus of extinct, mostly Paleozoic snail-like mollusc of the order Bellerophontida. |
 | | It is characterised by a globose, convolute, planispiral (symmetrically coiled) shell, which resembles a miniature cephalopod (e.g. |
 | | Although usually classified as a primitive gastropod, there is a minority view that the Bellerophontida actually represented a more primitive, untorted type (see Torsion) that evolved a spiral shell independently. |
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