(paleontology) Any of the genus †Bellerophon of fossil gastropod shells, believed to belong to the Heteropoda, and peculiar to the Paleozoic age.

plural of bellerophon

(Greek mythology) A mythical hero, best known for slaying the Chimera.

Of or relating to Bellerophon, a hero of Greek mythology, who was killed on the instructions of a letter given to him to deliver by the jealous Proteus.

(zoology) Any member of the family †Bellerophontidae of extinct gastropods or monoplacophorans.

plural of bellerophontid

plural of bellerophontoid

(zoology) Any member of the superfamily Bellerophontoidea of extinct planospirally-coiled globose molluscs.