Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Grammysiidae
Alternative combination: Sanguinolites aeolus
Full reference: J. Hall and R. P. Whitfield. 1869. Preliminary notice of the lamellibranchiate shells of the upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung groups, with others from the Waverly sandstones, part 2. 1-80
Belongs to Sphenotus according to J. W. Busanus and R. D. Hoare 1991
See also Hall 1885, Hall and Whitfield 1869, Meek 1875 and Walcott 1884
Sister taxa: Sphenotus altidorsatus, Sphenotus branneri, Sphenotus cataractes, Sphenotus cherokeense, Sphenotus dubius, Sphenotus gibsonense, Sphenotus hicksii, Sphenotus meslerianus, Sphenotus monroensis, Sphenotus oklahomense, Sphenotus pisinnus, Sphenotus quadriplicatum, Sphenotus solenoides, Sphenotus tentoriolus, Sphenotus tiogensis, Sphenotus washingtonensis
Ecology: facultatively mobile infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of United States (3: California, West Virginia collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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