Loxobucania ellisensis Twenhofel 1928 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Alternative combination: Bucania ellisensis

Full reference: W. H. Twenhofel. 1928. Geology of Anticosti Island. Geological Survey of Canada Memoir 154(2132):1-351

Belongs to Loxobucania according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Twenhofel 1928

Sister taxa: Loxobucania crassa, Loxobucania emmonsi, Loxobucania evoluta, Loxobucania frankfortensis, Loxobucania gravida, Loxobucania katoi, Loxobucania lindsleyi, Loxobucania minnesotensis, Loxobucania nashvillensis, Loxobucania singularis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Low cliffs near the head of Ellis Bay, Zone 4, which is in a Gamachian carbonate limestone/shale in the Ellis Bay Formation of Canada

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Low cliffs near the head of Ellis Bay, Zone 4

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