Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Full reference: E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081
Belongs to Bucanopsis according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Grabau and Shimer 1909, Knight 1941, Knight and Bridge 1944, Knight et al. 1960, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wahlman 1992
Sister taxa: Bucaniopsis calamitoides, Bucaniopsis forbesi, Bucanopsis comata, Bucanopsis diabloensis, Bucanopsis gemma, Bucanopsis latevittatus, Bucanopsis lirata, Bucanopsis nicoli, Bucanopsis qinglongensis, Bucanopsis trisinuata, Bucanopsis volgulica
Type specimen: USNM 45734, a shell
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (13: Kentucky collections)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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