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Sphenosphaera similis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon similis was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Fusispira Beds, Wykoff, which is in a Chatfieldian carbonate limestone in the Prosser Formation of Minnesota.

It was recombined as Sphenosphaera similis by Knight (1945) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Bellerophon similis Ulrich and Scofield p. 919 figs. pl. 64 f. 31-39
1900Bellerophon similis Schuchert p. 165
1945Sphenosphaera similis Knight p. 334
2023Sphenosphaera similis Wagner p. 230

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

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 similis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Diagnosis
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