Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative combination: Bellerophon capax
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081
Belongs to Sphenosphaera according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Knight 1945, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wahlman 1992
Sister taxa: Sphenosphaera bilineatus, Sphenosphaera burginensis, Sphenosphaera centervillensis, 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: USNM 45698, a shell
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (9: Kentucky, Missouri, Tennessee collections)
Total: 9 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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