Phragmosphaera Knight 1945

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Pterothecidae

Alternative spelling: Patellilabia (Phragmosphaera)

Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1945. Some new genera of the Bellerophontacea. Journal of Paleontology 19:333-340

Parent taxon: Carinaropsinae according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Blodgett et al. 1999, Knight et al. 1960, Rollins et al. 1971 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Carinaropsis, Gyrospira, Merriamites, Pedasionlinae

Subtaxa: Phragmosphaera chautauquae Phragmosphaera diopetes Phragmosphaera expansus Phragmosphaera globata Phragmosphaera incisus Phragmosphaera ithagenia Phragmosphaera lyra Phragmosphaera natator Phragmosphaera nitela Phragmosphaera ponceti Phragmosphaera triliratus Phragmosphaera victoriae

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Type: Phragmosphaera miranda

Distribution:

• Givetian of France (3 collections)

• Devonian of United States (9: New York, Ohio)

• Silurian of Canada (1: Nova Scotia), the United Kingdom (12)

Total: 25 collections each including a single occurrence

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