Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative combinations: Bellerophon mohri, Sinuites mohri
Synonyms: Bellerophon cincinnatiensis Miller and Faber 1894, Bellerophon parksi Foerste 1924
Full reference: S. A. Miller. 1874. Monograph of the Gastropoda of the Cincinnati Group. Cincinnati Quarterly Journal of Science 1:302-320
Belongs to Sphenosphaera according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Browne 1964, Cumings 1908, Foerste 1924, Knight 1945, Miller 1874, Miller 1889, Miller and Faber 1894, 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 nana, Sphenosphaera opertus, Sphenosphaera platystoma, Sphenosphaera recurvus, Sphenosphaera rogersensis, Sphenosphaera similis, Sphenosphaera subangularis, Sphenosphaera subpatula, Sphenosphaera troosti
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Canada (6: Ontario, Quebec collections), United States (8: Indiana, Kentucky)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
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