Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative combination: Bellerophon consimilis
Full reference: T. E. Savage. 1913. Stratigraphy and paleontology of the Alexandrian Series in Illinois and Missouri. Part I. Illinois Geological Survey, Bulletin 23:1-124
Belongs to Sphenosphaera according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Savage 1913
Sister taxa: Sphenosphaera bilineatus, Sphenosphaera burginensis, Sphenosphaera capax, Sphenosphaera centervillensis, 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 subpatula, Sphenosphaera troosti
Type specimen: Its type locality is 2½ kilometers north of Thebes, which is in a Gamachian carbonate limestone/shale in the Leemon Formation of Illinois
Distribution: found only at 2½ kilometers north of Thebes
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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