MolluscaBase taxon details
Sphenosphaera rogersensis (Foerste, 1914) †
1754661 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1754661)
accepted
Species
Bellerophon clausus Ulrich, 1897 † · unaccepted (junior homonym of Bellerophon...)
junior homonym of Bellerophon clausus Gemmellaro, 1889; synonym
Bellerophon rogersensis Foerste, 1914 † · unaccepted > superseded combination
Sphenosphaera clausus (Ulrich & Scofield, 1897) † · unaccepted > junior homonym (based on a junior homonym of...)
based on a junior homonym of Bellerophon clausus Gemmellaro, 1889
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Bellerophon rogersensis Foerste, 1914 †) Foerste, A. F. (1914). The Rogers Gap fauna of central Kentucky. <em>Journal of Cincinnati Society of Natural History.</em> 21(4): 109-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12268597
page(s): 141, pl. 2, fig. 4a-c [details]
page(s): 141, pl. 2, fig. 4a-c [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Sphenosphaera rogersensis (Foerste, 1914) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1754661 on 2025-09-11
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original description
(of Bellerophon clausus Ulrich, 1897 †) Ulrich, E. O.; Scofield, W. H. (1897). The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. <em>The Geology of Minnesota.</em> 3(2): 813-1081, pls. 61-82., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14923788
page(s): 916-917, pl. 64, figs 7-10 [details]
original description (of Bellerophon rogersensis Foerste, 1914 †) Foerste, A. F. (1914). The Rogers Gap fauna of central Kentucky. <em>Journal of Cincinnati Society of Natural History.</em> 21(4): 109-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12268597
page(s): 141, pl. 2, fig. 4a-c [details]
additional source 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.
page(s): 167; note: Wahlman used clausus as valid name, unware of the homonymy [details] Available for editors
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page(s): 916-917, pl. 64, figs 7-10 [details]
original description (of Bellerophon rogersensis Foerste, 1914 †) Foerste, A. F. (1914). The Rogers Gap fauna of central Kentucky. <em>Journal of Cincinnati Society of Natural History.</em> 21(4): 109-156., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/12268597
page(s): 141, pl. 2, fig. 4a-c [details]
additional source 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.
page(s): 167; note: Wahlman used clausus as valid name, unware of the homonymy [details] Available for editors
[request]
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