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Sphenosphaera mohri

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon mohri was named by Miller (1874).

It was recombined as Sinuites mohri by Browne (1964); it was recombined as Sphenosphaera mohri by Knight (1945), Wahlman (1992), Wagner (2023).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1874Bellerophon mohri Miller p. 306 fig. 30
1889Bellerophon mohri Miller p. 397 figs. f. 653
1894Bellerophon cincinnatiensis Miller and Faber p. 29 figs. pl. 1 f. 23-24
1897Bellerophon mohri Ulrich and Scofield pp. 920 - 921 figs. pl. 64 f. 44-45
1908Bellerophon mohri Cumings p. 954 figs. pl. 39 f, 2-2a
1924Bellerophon mohri Foerste p. 208 figs. pl. 34 f. 9
1924Bellerophon parksi Foerste p. 208 figs. pl. 35 f. 4a-f
1945Sphenosphaera mohri Knight p. 334
1964Sinuites mohri Browne
1992Sphenosphaera mohri Wahlman pp. 173-174 figs. pl. 35 f, 1-16; pl. 36 f. 1-15; pl. 41 f
2023Sphenosphaera mohri Wagner p. 410

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

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 mohri Miller 1874
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Invalid names: Bellerophon cincinnatiensis Miller and Faber 1894 [synonym], Bellerophon parksi Foerste 1924 [synonym]
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: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Ashgill to the top of the Richmondian or 449.50000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections (14 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) Bellerophon mohri (155173) Bellerophon parksi (22954 22960 173012)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Bellerophon parksi (172788 172789)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) Bellerophon mohri (373 155711) Sphenosphaera mohri (76913 100245 194134) Sphenosphaera sp. (374)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Kentucky) Sinuites mohri (37833)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1USA (Indiana) Sphenosphaera mohri (64164)