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Sphenosphaera

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1945Sphenosphaera Knight p. 334
1960Sphenosphaera Knight et al. p. 180
1992Sphenosphaera Wahlman
2002Sphenosphaera Sepkoski

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

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.

G. †Sphenosphaera Knight 1945
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Sphenosphaera bilineatus Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sphenosphaera burginensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sphenosphaera capax Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sphenosphaera consimilis Savage 1913
Sphenosphaera eiseni Lindström 1884
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Invalid names: Sphenosphaera exigua Foerste 1887 [synonym]
Sphenosphaera laurentinus Twenhofel 1928
Sphenosphaera mohri Miller 1874
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Invalid names: Bellerophon cincinnatiensis Miller and Faber 1894 [synonym], Bellerophon parksi Foerste 1924 [synonym]
Sphenosphaera nana Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sphenosphaera opertus Foerste 1893
Sphenosphaera platystoma Meek and Worthen 1868
Sphenosphaera recurvus Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sphenosphaera rogersensis Foerste 1914
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Invalid names: Sphenosphaera clausus Ulrich and Scofield 1897 [replaced]
Sphenosphaera similis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sphenosphaera subangularis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sphenosphaera subpatula Ulrich and Scofield 1897
Sphenosphaera troosti de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny 1840
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
Comments: BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).g
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 Turinian to the top of the Ludlow or 457.30000 to 423.00000 Ma

Collections (90 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Kentucky) S. capax (64418 64419 64420)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Missouri) Bellerophon capax (175724)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Kentucky) S. troosti (99336 100176)
Franklinian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Bucania nana, Bellerophon subpatula, Bellerophon troosti (154416)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Bellerophon clausus (5352) Bellerophon clausus, Bellerophon troosti (5358 5361)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Bellerophon bilineatus (154461) Bellerophon troosti (154460) S. burginensis (77149) S. clausus (77147 77148 77150 100289 101108 101379 101401) S. clausus, S. troosti (87813) S. troosti (77357 87818 99569)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Bellerophon clausus, Bellerophon platystoma (23584)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Bellerophon clausus, Bellerophon platystoma (23664 23667 23668 23670) Bellerophon platystoma (23659)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) Bellerophon bilineatus (100233) S. burginensis (99802) S. clausus (99334 99663 99803 100129 100288) S. sp., S. burginensis (34548) S. sp., S. clausus, S. burginensis (34547)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Minnesota) Bellerophon similis, Bellerophon platystoma (194137)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) Bellerophon similis (24116)
Katian453.0 - 445.2USA (Kentucky) S. clausus (100175 100246 100539 100857 100858 100859 100860 101098 101105 101403) S. sp. (10752)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Kentucky) S. clausus (100541)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Bellerophon clausus, Bellerophon platystoma (23678)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Bellerophon clausus, Bellerophon platystoma (23588)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Bellerophon recurvus (154583) S. capax (64417 76968 76970 100256)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) Bellerophon recurvus (155400)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Bellerophon capax (5374)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Kentucky) Sinuites mohri (37833)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) Bellerophon mohri (155173) Bellerophon parksi (22954 22960 173012)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) Bellerophon mohri (155711) Bellerophon mohri, Bellerophon subangularis (373) S. mohri (76913 100245 194134) S. sp. (374 72539)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Bellerophon laurentinus (63667) Bellerophon parksi (172788 172789)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Bellerophon sp. (395)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Indiana) S. mohri (64164)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7USA (Illinois) Bellerophon consimilis (173288)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8Canada (Ontario) Bucania fiscellostriata (173218 173223)
Alexandrian443.4 - 436.0USA (Ohio) Bellerophon centervillensis (155417) Bellerophon exigus (172895) Bellerophon fiscellostriatus (155567) Bellerophon fiscellostriatus, Bellerophon opertus (172922)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (New York) Bucania sp. (443)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5USA (Ohio) Bellerophon fiscellostriatus (164379)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Sweden (Gotland) S. eiseni (3976)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0United Kingdom (England) S. sp. (482)