Marine Species Traits - Sphenosphaera Knight, 1945 †

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Sphenosphaera Knight, 1945 †

AphiaID

1754655 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1754655)

Classification

Status

accepted

Rank

Genus

Parent

Bucanopsinae Wahlman, 1992 †

Original name

Sphenosphaera Knight, 1945 †

Direct children (20)

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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) †

Environment

marine, ~~brackish~~, ~~fresh~~, ~~terrestrial~~

Fossil range

fossil only

Grammatical gender

feminine

Original description

Knight J.B. (1945). Some new genera of the Bellerophontacea. Journal of Paleontology. 19(40: 333-340.
page(s): 334 [details] Available for editors

Taxonomic citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sphenosphaera Knight, 1945 †. Accessed through: Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025) Marine Species Traits at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1754655 on 2025-05-18

Thematic species database citation

Marine Species Traits editorial board (2025). Marine Species Traits. Sphenosphaera Knight, 1945 †. Accessed at: https://www.marinespecies.org/traits/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1754655 on 2025-05-18

Taxonomic edit history

Date

action

2024-06-03 07:45:41Z

created

Vinarski, Maxim

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Attributes (2)

original description Knight J.B. (1945). Some new genera of the Bellerophontacea. Journal of Paleontology. 19(40: 333-340.
page(s): 334 [details] Available for editors

basis of record Wahlman G.P. (1992). Middle and Upper Ordovician symmetrical univalved mollusks (Monoplacophora and Bellerophontina) of the Cincinnati Arch region. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper. 1066-O: 1-213.
page(s): 165 [details] Available for editors

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