Sphenosphaera centervillensis Foerste 1923

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Alternative combination: Bellerophon centervillensis

Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1923. Notes on the Medinan, Niagaran, and Chester fossils. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 23:37-120

Belongs to Sphenosphaera according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Foerste 1923

Sister taxa: Sphenosphaera bilineatus, Sphenosphaera burginensis, Sphenosphaera capax, 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 subpatula, Sphenosphaera troosti

Type specimen: Its type locality is Quarry ½ mile northwest of Centerville, which is in an Alexandrian carbonate limestone in the Brassfield Formation of Ohio

Distribution: found only at Quarry ½ mile northwest of Centerville

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