Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Alternative combinations: Stenosarina sphenoidea, Terebratula sphenoidea
Synonym: Terebratula benoitiana Seguenza 1865
Belongs to Gryphus according to M. Gaetani and D. Sacca 1985
See also Cooper 1983 and Gaetani and Sacca 1984
Sister taxa: Gryphus angularis, Gryphus capensis, Gryphus carneoides, Gryphus clarkeana, Gryphus cookei, Gryphus dalli, Gryphus hanzawai, Gryphus kickxii, Gryphus kurotakiensis, Gryphus lentiformis, Gryphus minor, Gryphus miocaenicus, Gryphus oakvilleensis, Gryphus parvus, Gryphus radiata, Gryphus rovasendianus, Gryphus stantoni, Gryphus tokionis, Gryphus vaughani, Gryphus vitrea, Gryphus vitreus, Gryphus washingtonensis, Gryphus yatungensis
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Quaternary of Italy (16 collections)
• Pliocene to Pleistocene of Italy (1)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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