Bucanopsis trisinuata Öpik 1953

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Alternative combination: Kokenospira trisinuata

Full reference: A. A. Öpik. 1953. Lower Silurian fossils from the "Illaenus band" Heathcote, Victorai. Memoirs of the Geological Survey of Victoria 19:1-42

Belongs to Bucanopsis according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Öpik 1953 and Talent 1965

Sister taxa: Bucaniopsis calamitoides, Bucaniopsis forbesi, Bucanopsis carinifera, Bucanopsis comata, Bucanopsis diabloensis, Bucanopsis gemma, Bucanopsis latevittatus, Bucanopsis lirata, Bucanopsis nicoli, Bucanopsis qinglongensis, Bucanopsis volgulica

Type specimen: CPC 672, a shell

Distribution: found only at Illaenus Band, Heathcote District (Silurian of Australia)

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.