Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Alternative combination: Bucania emmonsi
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 Loxobucania according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Knight 1942, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wahlman 1992
Sister taxa: Loxobucania crassa, Loxobucania ellisensis, Loxobucania evoluta, Loxobucania frankfortensis, Loxobucania gravida, Loxobucania katoi, Loxobucania lindsleyi, Loxobucania minnesotensis, Loxobucania nashvillensis, Loxobucania singularis
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Ordovician of United States (21: Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Tennessee, Virginia collections)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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