Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative combinations: Bellerophon fiscellostriatus, Bucania fiscellostriata
Synonyms: Bellerophon (Bucania) exigus Foerste 1887, Bucania exigua Foerste 1887, Sphenosphaera exigua Foerste 1887
Full reference: A. F. Foerste. 1887. The Clinton group of Ohio. Bulletin of the Scientific Laboratories of Denison University 1:62-120
Belongs to Sphenosphaera according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Bolton 1957, Foerste 1887, Foerste 1893 and Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sister taxa: Sphenosphaera bilineatus, Sphenosphaera burginensis, Sphenosphaera capax, Sphenosphaera centervillensis, Sphenosphaera consimilis, Sphenosphaera eiseni, Sphenosphaera kepinensis, 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:
• Silurian of Canada (3: Ontario collections), United States (5: New York, Ohio)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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