Bucaniopsis forbesi Reed 1921 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1921. A monograph of the British Ordovician and Silurian Bellerophontacea. The Palaeontographical Society 31:1-92

Belongs to Bucaniopsis according to F. R. C. Reed 1921

See also Wagner 2023

Sister taxa: Bucaniopsis calamitoides, Bucanopsis carinifera, Bucanopsis comata, Bucanopsis diabloensis, Bucanopsis gemma, Bucanopsis hibernicus, Bucanopsis latevittatus, Bucanopsis lirata, Bucanopsis nicoli, Bucanopsis qinglongensis, Bucanopsis trisinuata, Bucanopsis volgulica

Type specimen: Its type locality is Locality 4. Shalloch Mill, Whitehouse Bay, Girvan, which is in a Pusgillian carbonate limestone in the Mill Formation of the United Kingdom.

Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: found only at Locality 4. Shalloch Mill, Whitehouse Bay, Girvan

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