Bivalvia - Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae

Alternative combination: Sanguinolites aeolus

Full reference: J. Hall and R. P. Whitfield. 1869. Preliminary notice of the lamellibranchiate shells of the upper Helderberg, Hamilton and Chemung groups, with others from the Waverly sandstones, part 2. 1-80

Belongs to Sphenotus according to J. W. Busanus and R. D. Hoare 1991

Sister taxa: Sanguinolites bisectus, Sanguinolites carbonaria, Sanguinolites drupa, Sanguinolites elongatus, Sanguinolites hekitoensis, Sanguinolites ishii, Sanguinolites kamiyassensis, Sanguinolites lukjanovae, Sanguinolites modiomorphoides, Sanguinolites naiadiformis, Sanguinolites obliquus, Sanguinolites olseni, Sanguinolites peruvianus, Sanguinolites shumardi, Sanguinolites simulans, Sanguinolites sphenoidalis, Sanguinolites unioniformis, Sanguinolites woolnoughi, Sphenotus branneri, Sphenotus dubius, Sphenotus meslerianus, Sphenotus tentoriolus, Sphenotus pisinnus, Sphenotus washingtonensis, Sphenotus monroensis, Sphenotus cataractes, Sphenotus cherokeense, Sphenotus oklahomense, Sphenotus quadriplicatum, Sphenotus gibsonense, Sphenotus altidorsatus

Ecology: facultatively mobile deep infaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): shell length 13.3