Sphenosphaera kepinensis Yü 1961 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Alternative combination: Bellerophon kepinensis

Full reference: W. Yü. 1961. Ordovician gastropods from Kepin (Kelpin) district, southern Sinkiang. Acta Palaeontologica Sinica 1(4):361-400

Belongs to Sphenosphaera according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Yü 1961

Sister taxa: Sphenosphaera bilineatus, Sphenosphaera burginensis, Sphenosphaera capax, Sphenosphaera centervillensis, Sphenosphaera consimilis, Sphenosphaera eiseni, Sphenosphaera fiscellostriata, Sphenosphaera laurentinus, Sphenosphaera mohri, 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: there are no occurrences of Sphenosphaera kepinensis in the database

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