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Sphenosphaera Knight, 1945 †
1754655 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1754655)
accepted
Genus
Bellerophon clausus Ulrich, 1897 † accepted as Sphenosphaera rogersensis (Foerste, 1914) † (type by original designation)
- Species Sphenosphaera bilineata (Ulrich & Scofield, 1897) †
- Species Sphenosphaera burginensis (Ulrich, 1897) †
- Species Sphenosphaera capax (Ulrich, 1897) †
- Species Sphenosphaera centervillensis (Foerste, 1923) †
- Species Sphenosphaera consimilis (Savage, 1913) †
- Species Sphenosphaera eiseni (Lindström, 1884) †
- Species Sphenosphaera fiscellostriata (Foerste, 1887) †
- Species Sphenosphaera kepinensis (W. Yü, 1961) †
- Species Sphenosphaera laurentina (Twenhofel, 1928) †
- Species Sphenosphaera mohri (S. A. Miller, 1874) †
- Species Sphenosphaera nana (Ulrich, 1897) †
- Species Sphenosphaera operta (Foerste, 1893) †
- Species Sphenosphaera platystoma (Meek & Worthen, 1868) †
- Species Sphenosphaera recurvus (Ulrich, 1897) †
- Species Sphenosphaera rogersensis (Foerste, 1914) †
- Species Sphenosphaera similis (Ulrich & Scofield, 1897) †
- Species Sphenosphaera subangularis (Ulrich, 1897) †
- Species Sphenosphaera subglobulus (Ulrich, 1897) †
- Species Sphenosphaera subpatula (Ulrich, 1897) †
- Species Sphenosphaera troostii (A. d'Orbigny, 1841) †
- Species Sphenosphaera clausus (Ulrich & Scofield, 1897) † accepted as Sphenosphaera rogersensis (Foerste, 1914) † (unaccepted > junior homonym, based on a junior homonym of Bellerophon clausus Gemmellaro, 1889)
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
feminine
Knight J.B. (1945). Some new genera of the Bellerophontacea. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 19(40: 333-340.
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Knight J.B. (1945). Some new genera of the Bellerophontacea. <em>Journal of Paleontology.</em> 19(40: 333-340.
page(s): 334 [details] Available for editors [request]
basis of record Wahlman G.P. (1992). Middle and Upper Ordovician symmetrical univalved mollusks (Monoplacophora and Bellerophontina) of the Cincinnati Arch region. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 1066-O: 1-213., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1066o
page(s): 165 [details] Available for editors [request]
page(s): 334 [details] Available for editors
[request]basis of record Wahlman G.P. (1992). Middle and Upper Ordovician symmetrical univalved mollusks (Monoplacophora and Bellerophontina) of the Cincinnati Arch region. <em>United States Geological Survey Professional Paper.</em> 1066-O: 1-213., available online at https://doi.org/10.3133/pp1066o
page(s): 165 [details] Available for editors
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