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Bucaniidae ✝
| Description | Bucaniidae is an extinct family of Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain position possibly being either gastropods or monoplacophorans in the superfamily Bellerophontoidea. The family lived from the Lower Ordovician to the Devonian and have shells in which the apertural margins tend to flare. Most genera have a slit and selenizone, others some modification of this feature. From Wikipedia article at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucaniidae, which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Rank | family | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (GBIF) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bucaniidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomy (PBDB) | Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bucaniidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxonomic Status (GBIF) | accepted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Scientific Name | Bucaniidae | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Name Published In | Ulrich, E. O.; Scofield, W. H. (1894). The Lower Silurian Lamellibranchiata of Minnesota. In E. O. Ulrich, W. H. Scofield, J. M. Clarke, & N. H. Winchell, eds., Final Report of the Geological and Natural History Survey of Minnesota, vol. 3, part 2, The Geology of Minnesota. Paleontology. p. 475–628, pl. 35–46. Published and distributed under separate cover prior to publication of entire vol. 3 in 1897. Systematics of Bivalvia by Ulrich alone. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Opinions (PBDB) |
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| Status (PBDB) | extinct | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taxon Size (PBDB) | 201 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| First Recorded Appearance | 485 - 478 Ma Paleozoic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Last Recorded Appearance | 50.3 - 46.2 Ma Eocene | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Motility | actively mobile | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vision | limited (based on Gastropoda) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diet | detritivore | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Taphonomy | aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Primary Reference (PBDB) | E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Wikipedia | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bucaniidae |
Fossil Distribution
Subtaxa
| Name | Status | Common Name(s) | Fossil Occurrences | Oldest | Youngest |
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| Bucaniinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 474 | 485 Ma Cambrian | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Salpingostomatinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 119 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 427 Ma Silurian | |
| Tremanotinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 81 | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | 50.3 Ma Eocene | |
| Undulabucaniinae ✝ subfamily | listed (PBDB) | 7 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Atlantophon ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | 458 Ma Middle Ordovician | |
| Boiotremus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 30 | 439 Ma Silurian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Bucanopsina ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 5 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 458 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Conradella genus | accepted (GBIF) | No associated record in PBDB | |||
| Goniotremus ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 3 | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Grandostoma ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 18 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 427 Ma Silurian | |
| Kokenospira ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 32 | 466 Ma Middle Ordovician | 254 Ma Permian | |
| Loxobucania ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 58 | 467 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Megalomphala ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 44 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | |
| Offleya ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 1 | 443 Ma Silurian | 443 Ma Silurian | |
| Patellostium ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 419 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 303 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Phragmolites ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 138 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 439 Ma Silurian | |
| Ptomatis ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 23 | 408 Ma Early/Lower Devonian | 354 Ma Carboniferous | |
| Salpingostoma ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 101 | 470 Ma Middle Ordovician | 433 Ma Silurian | |
| Tetranota ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 146 | 468 Ma Middle Ordovician | 446 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
| Undulabucania ✝ genus | accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB) | 7 | 461 Ma Middle Ordovician | 450 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician | |
Obsolete Names
| Name | Source | Taxon Rank | Taxonomy |
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| Plectonotidae | GBIF | family | Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Plectonotidae |
Synonymy List
| Year | Name and Author |
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| 1897 | Bucaniidae Ulrich and Scofield |
| 1975 | Bucaniidae Golikov and Starobogatov p. 207 |
| 1992 | Bucaniidae Wahlman p. 63 |
| 1999 | Bucaniidae Ebbestad |
| 2005 | Bucaniidae Bouchet et al. p. 241 |
References
Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!
