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Sphaerodoma

Gastropoda - Sphaerodomidae

Taxonomy
Sphaerodoma was named by Keyes (1889). It is the type genus of Sphaerodomidae.

It was reranked as Macrochilina (Sphaerodoma) by Reed (1944); it was synonymized subjectively with Ianthinopsis by Knight et al. (1960); it was synonymized subjectively with Strobeus by Harper (1981).

It was assigned to Macrochilina by Reed (1944); to Soleniscidae by Pan and Erwin (2002); to Strobeidae by Bandel (2002); and to Sphaerodomidae by Bouchet et al. (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1889Sphaerodoma Keyes p. 303
1944Macrochilina (Sphaerodoma) Reed p. 338
2002Sphaerodoma Bandel
2002Sphaerodoma Pan and Erwin
2005Sphaerodoma Bouchet et al. p. 161

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
superfamilyPeruneloidea
familySphaerodomidaeBandel 2002
genusSphaerodoma

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. †Sphaerodoma Keyes 1889
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Sphaerodoma klipparti Morningstar 1922
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
shell height140.0

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2004-02-29 11:40:59
Modified: 2010-02-11 01:35:02
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Mississippian to the top of the Wuchiapingian or 326.40000 to 254.17000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Mississippian326.4 - 318.1USA (Alaska) S. sp. (112183)
Moscovian315.2 - 307.0USA (Oklahoma) S. gracilis (90784)
Sakmarian295.5 - 290.1India (Kashmir) S. sp. (86542)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Pakistan Macrochilina sp. (126699) Macrochilina verisimilis (126941)