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Sphenosphaera recurvus

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon recurvus was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897). It is not extant. Its type locality is Mount Auburn, Cincinnati, which is in a Maysvillian carbonate limestone in the Grant Lake Formation of Ohio.

It was recombined as Sphenosphaera recurvus by Knight (1945), Wahlman (1992) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Bellerophon recurvus Ulrich and Scofield p. 920 figs. pl. 64 f. 11-13
1923Bellerophon recurvus Foerste p. 78
1945Sphenosphaera recurvus Knight p. 334
1992Sphenosphaera recurvus Wahlman p. 171 figs. pl. 33 f. 1-6
2023Sphenosphaera recurvus Wagner p. 413

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

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 recurvus Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available