Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative combinations: Bellerophon (Bellerophon) subpatula, Bucania nana subpatula
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081
Belongs to Sphenosphaera according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wahlman 1992
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 opertus, Sphenosphaera platystoma, Sphenosphaera recurvus, Sphenosphaera rogersensis, Sphenosphaera similis, Sphenosphaera subangularis, Sphenosphaera troosti
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Ulrich & Scofield Locality 1.5 miles south of Burgin (Ordovician of Minnesota)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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