†Clarkiella hemispherica Slocum 1909
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Alternative combinations: Cassidulus hemisphericus, Cossmannaster hemisphaericus, Hardouinia hemispherica
Synonym: Cassidulus conoideus Clark and Twitchell 1915
Belongs to Clarkiella according to C. W. Cooke 1953
See also Clark and Twitchell 1915, Kier 1962 and Sanchez Roig 1926
Sister taxa: Hardouinia aequorea, Hardouinia bassleri, Hardouinia conoideus, Hardouinia florealis, Hardouinia kellumi, Hardouinia mcglameryae, Hardouinia micrococcus, Hardouinia mortonis, Hardouinia stantoni, Hardouinia taylori
Type specimens:
- Clarkiella hemispherica: Its type locality is Patterson Farm, Pontotoc, which is in a Maastrichtian carbonate chalk in the Prairie Bluff Chalk Formation of Mississippi
- Cassidulus conoideus: Its type locality is USGS 5376, Pataula Creek, which is in a Maastrichtian marine sandstone in the Providence Sand Formation of Georgia.
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Cuba (1 collection), United States (3: Alabama, Georgia, Mississippi)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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