Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative combination: Bellerophon (Bucania) opertus
Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1893. Fossils of the Clinton group in Ohio and Indiana. Report of the Geological Survey of Ohio 7(5):516-597
Belongs to Sphenosphaera according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Foerste 1893
Sister taxa: Sphenosphaera bilineatus, Sphenosphaera burginensis, Sphenosphaera capax, Sphenosphaera centervillensis, Sphenosphaera consimilis, Sphenosphaera eiseni, Sphenosphaera fiscellostriata, Sphenosphaera kepinensis, Sphenosphaera laurentinus, Sphenosphaera mohri, Sphenosphaera nana, Sphenosphaera platystoma, Sphenosphaera recurvus, Sphenosphaera rogersensis, Sphenosphaera similis, Sphenosphaera subangularis, Sphenosphaera subpatula, Sphenosphaera troosti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hanover, which is in an Alexandrian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Brassfield Limestone Formation of Ohio
Distribution: found only at Hanover
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