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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4606958	https://www.gbif.org/species/4606958
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	8316	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=8316

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bucanellidae : Bucanella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Bellerophontida : Bucanellidae : Bucanella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
order	Bellerophontida	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
suborder	Bellerophontina	Ulrich and Scofield 1897
superfamily	Bellerophontoidea
family	Bucanellidae
genus	Bucanella	Meek 1871

Scientific Name

Bucanella Meek, 1871

Name Published In

Meek F.B. (1871). A preliminary list of fossils, collected by Dr. Hayden in Colorado, New Mexico and California, with brief desriptions of a few of the new species. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society held at Philadelphia. 11: 425-431.

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Bucanella	genus	belongs to Bellerophontacea	stated with evidence	Fischer, 1885
Bucanella	genus	belongs to Protowarthiidae	stated with evidence	Ulrich and Scofield, 1897
Bucanella	subgenus	belongs to Plectonotus	stated without evidence	Clarke, 1913
Bucanella	genus	belongs to Bucaniellinae	stated without evidence	Koken and Perner, 1925
Bucanella	genus	belongs to Bellerophontacea	stated without evidence	Pitcher, 1939
Bucanella	genus	belongs to Bucaniellidae	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Bucanella	genus	belongs to Bucaniinae	stated with evidence	Horný, 1963
Bucanella	genus	belongs to Bucanellidae	stated without evidence	Starobogatov, 1970
Bucanella	genus	belongs to Bucanellidae	stated with evidence	Wahlman, 1992
Bucanella	genus	belongs to Bellerophontida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Bucanella	genus	belongs to Bucanellidae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

485 - 479 Ma
Paleozoic

Last Recorded Appearance

393 - 388 Ma
Devonian

Motility

actively mobile (based on Bucanellidae)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

detritivore (based on Bucanellidae)

Ecospace Comments

BODY SIZE: Data from Knight et al. (1960).

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bellerophontida)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

F. B. Meek. 1871. A preliminary list of fossils collected by Dr. Hayden in Colorado, New Mexico, and California, with brief descriptions of a few of the new species. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11:425-431

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Bucanella (Bucanella) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		2	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician	452 Ma Late/Upper Ordovician
Bucanella lamellosa species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bucanella nana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		3	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Bucanella obtusangulata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bucanella silurica species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Bucania tripla ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	485 Ma Cambrian	485 Ma Cambrian
Bucaniella crispata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bucaniella homalotropis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Bucaniella quadrisulcata ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bucaniella revaliensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		1	468 Ma Middle Ordovician	468 Ma Middle Ordovician
Cyrtolites conradi species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Bucaniella Fischer, 1885	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Bucanellidae : *Bucaniella*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1871	Bucanella Meek p. 426
1885	Bucaniella Fischer
1897	Bucanella Ulrich and Scofield
1913	Plectonotus (Bucaniella) Clarke p. 165
1925	Bucanella Koken and Perner
1939	Bucaniella Pitcher p. 117

Year	Name and Author
1960	Bucanella Knight et al. p. 175
1963	Bucanella Horný
1970	Bucanella Starobogatov p. 300
1992	Bucanella Wahlman
2002	Bucanella Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Bucanella Bouchet et al. pp. 39, 241

References

Meek F. B. A preliminary list of fossils collected by Dr. Hayden in Colorado, New Mexico, and California, with brief descriptions of a few of the new species., Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11, 425-431

Ulrich E. O., Scofield W. H. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota, The Paleontology of Minnesota 39 2, 813-1081

Clarke J. M. (1913) Fosseis Devonianos do Paraná, Monographias do Serviço e Mineralogico do Brasil 1, 1-353

Koken E., Perner J. (1925) , Die Gastropoden des baltischen Untersilurs, 1-324

Pitcher B.L. (1939) The Upper Valentian gastropod fauna of Shropshire, Annals and Magazine of Natural History 11 4, 82-132

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

Horný R. J. (1963) Lower Paleozoic Bellerophontina (Gastropoda) of Bohemia, Sborník Geologickych Ved 2, 57-164

Starobogatov Y.I. (1970) Systematics of Early Paleozoic Monoplacophora, Paleontological Journal 10 3, 293-302

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, 1-123

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc., 11 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

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!

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