Loxobucania frankfortensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Alternative combination: Bucania frankfortensis

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 Bassler 1932, Knight 1942, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wahlman 1992

Sister taxa: Loxobucania crassa, Loxobucania ellisensis, Loxobucania emmonsi, Loxobucania evoluta, Loxobucania gravida, Loxobucania katoi, Loxobucania lindsleyi, Loxobucania minnesotensis, Loxobucania nashvillensis, Loxobucania singularis

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Loxobucania frankfortensis in the database

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