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Sphenosphaera fiscellostriata

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon fiscellostriatus was named by Foerste (1887) [Bellerophon fiscello-striatus]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Soldier’s Home, 2.5 miles west of Dayton, which is in an Aeronian carbonate limestone in the Brassfield Formation of Ohio.

It was recombined as Bucania fiscellostriata by Bolton (1957); it was recombined as Sphenosphaera fiscellostriata by Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1887Bellerophon (Bucania) exigus Foerste
1887Bellerophon fiscellostriatus Foerste
1893Bellerophon (Bucania) exigus Foerste p. 548 figs. pl. 25 f. 18a-b; pl. 31 f. 3; pl. 37a f.
1893Bellerophon fiscellostriatus Foerste p. 548 figs. pl. 25 f. 19a-e
1897Bucania exigua Ulrich and Scofield p. 853
1957Bucania fiscellostriata Bolton figs. Table III
2023Sphenosphaera fiscellostriata Wagner p. 3850

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

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.

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Invalid names: Sphenosphaera exigua Foerste 1887 [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: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: base of the Rhuddanian to the top of the Aeronian or 443.40000 to 438.50000 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8Canada (Ontario) Bucania fiscellostriata (173218 173223)
Alexandrian443.4 - 436.0USA (Ohio) Bellerophon exigus (172895) Bellerophon fiscellostriatus (155567 172922)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (New York) Bucania sp. (443)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5USA (Ohio) Bellerophon fiscellostriatus (164379)