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Sphenosphaera rogersensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon rogersensis was named by Foerste (1914). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Sphenosphaera clausus by Wahlman (1992); it was recombined as Sphenosphaera rogersensis by Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Bellerophon clausus Ulrich and Scofield pp. 916 - 917 figs. pl. 64 f. 7-10
1914Bellerophon rogersensis Foerste
1932Bellerophon clausus Bassler figs. pl. 20 f. 17-18
1945Sphenosphaera clausus Knight p. 334
1960Sphenosphaera clausus Knight et al. p. 180 figs. f. 98.2
1992Sphenosphaera clausus Wahlman pp. 167 - 168 figs. pl. 30 f. 1-23; pl. 31 f. 1-13; pl. 32 f
2023Sphenosphaera rogersensis Wagner p. S3226

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyBucanopsinae
genusSphenosphaera
speciesrogersensis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Sphenosphaera rogersensis Foerste 1914
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Invalid names: Sphenosphaera clausus Ulrich and Scofield 1897 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 10:21:32
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:21:39
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Katian to the top of the Edenian or 453.00000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Sphenosphaera clausus (77147 77148 77150 87813 100289 101108 101379 101401)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Bellerophon clausus (23584)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Bellerophon clausus (23664 23667 23668 23670)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Bellerophon clausus (5352 5358 5361)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) Sphenosphaera clausus (34547 99334 99663 99803 100129 100288)
Katian453.0 - 445.2USA (Kentucky) Sphenosphaera clausus (100175 100246 100539 100857 100858 100859 100860 101098 101105 101403)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Bellerophon clausus (23588)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Bellerophon clausus (23678)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Kentucky) Sphenosphaera clausus (100541)