Loxobucania Knight 1942 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Full reference: J. B. Knight. 1942. Four new genera of Paleozoic Gastropoda. Journal of Paleontology 16(4):487-488

Parent taxon: Bucaniinae according to P. J. Wagner 2023

See also Knight et al. 1960

Sister taxa: Bucania, Bucaniides, Bucanopsina, Kokenospira, Megalomphala, Offleya, Phragmolites, Patellostium

Subtaxa: Loxobucania crassa Loxobucania ellisensis Loxobucania emmonsi Loxobucania evoluta Loxobucania frankfortensis Loxobucania gravida Loxobucania katoi Loxobucania lindsleyi Loxobucania minnesotensis Loxobucania nashvillensis Loxobucania singularis

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Type: Bellerophon lindsleyi

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution:

• Ordovician of Canada (1: Québec collection), North Korea (1), the United Kingdom (2), United States (44: Illinois, Iowa, Indiana, Kentucky, Minnesota, Ohio, Tennessee, Virginia)

Total: 48 collections including 58 occurrences

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