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Sphenosphaera troosti

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon troosti was named by de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny (1840) [Bellerophon troosti d’Orbigny in de Ferrusac & d’Orbigny 1840]. Its type specimen is USNM 45711, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Sphenosphaera troosti by Wahlman (1992) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1840Bellerophon troosti de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny p. 206
1869Bellerophon troosti Safford p. 288 figs. pl. G f. 4a-d
1897Bellerophon troosti Ulrich and Scofield pp. 915 - 916 figs. pl. 64 f. 1-5
1909Bellerophon troosti Bassler
1909Bellerophon troosti Grabau and Shimer
1923Bellerophon troosti Foerste p. 78
1932Bellerophon troosti Bassler
1944Bellerophon troosti Knight and Bridge p. 443 figs. pl. 178 f. 12-14
1948Bellerophon troosti Wilson figs. pl. 10 f. 7-9
1949Bellerophon troosti Wilson figs. pl. 20 f. 7-9
1992Sphenosphaera troosti Wahlman pp. 168 - 170 figs. pl. 29 f. 1-22
2023Sphenosphaera troosti Wagner p. 414

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

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 troosti de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny 1840
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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: Turinian or 457.30000 to 453.80000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Kentucky) Sphenosphaera troosti (99336 100176)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Bellerophon troosti (154460) Sphenosphaera troosti (77357 87813 87818 99569)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Bellerophon troosti (5358 5361)