Eusphairica Hoare 2000 (mollusk)

Rostroconchia - Conocardiida - Bransoniidae

Full reference: R. D. Hoare. 2000. Silurian Polyplacophora and Rostroconchia (Mollusca) from Northern California. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences 52(3):23-31

Parent taxon: Bransoniidae according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Hoare 2000

Sister taxa: Agidelia, Apotocardium, Ashaconcha, Bransonia, Diedrorynchus, Hoarepora, Kyoconocardium, Mulceodens, Pojetaconcha, Pseudoconocardium

Subtaxa: Eusphairica distubula

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Type: Eusphairica distubula

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USGS M1027 - 2 kilometers southeast of Parker Ranch, east fork of Scott River (Silurian of California)

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