Bucanella tripla Whitfield 1889 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucanellidae

Alternative combination: Bucania tripla

Full reference: R. P. Whitfield. 1889. Observations on some imperfectly known fossils from the Calciferous sandrock of Lake Champlain, and descriptions of several new forms. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 2:41-63

Belongs to Bucanella according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Whitfield 1889

Sister taxa: Bucanella (Bucanella), Bucanella crispata, Bucanella homalotropis, Bucanella nana, Bucanella revaliensis, Bucaniella quadrisulcata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Division E Beds, Section northeast of Shoreham, which is in a Stairsian carbonate limestone/dolomite in the Fort Ann Formation of Vermont

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Division E Beds, Section northeast of Shoreham

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