Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucanellidae
Alternative spellings: Bucanellinae, Bucaniellinae
Full reference: E. Koken and J. Perner. 1925. Die Gastropoden des baltischen Untersilurs 1-324
Parent taxon: Bellerophontoidea according to P. Bouchet et al. 2017
See also Bouchet et al. 2005, Frýda 1999, Knight et al. 1960, Koken and Perner 1925, Starobogatov 1970 and Wahlman 1992
Sister taxa: Bellerophontidae, Blodgettinotus, Bucaniidae, Cymbulariidae, Euphemitidae, Knightitidae, Plectonotidae, Pterothecidae, Sinuitidae, Temnodiscidae, Thoralispira, Yochelsoniidae
Subtaxa: Bucanella Crenistriella Ornatosinuitina Sinuitella
Type: Bucanella
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Givetian of France (2 collections)
• Devonian of Australia (1), Brazil (2), Canada (1: Quebec), Germany (1), Morocco (6), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania)
• Silurian of Algeria (1), Argentina (1), Bolivia (1), Canada (1: Ontario), United States (4: New York, Ohio, Virginia)
• Arenig of United States (2: Montana, North Dakota)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Nunavut), China (1), the Czech Republic (4), Estonia (1), Norway (1), South Africa (1), Sweden (3), United States (7: Colorado, Iowa, North Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin)
• Tremadoc of Norway (1), United States (1: Virginia)
Total: 53 collections each including a single occurrence