Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae
Alternative combination: Bucaniopsis nicoli
Full reference: F. R. C. Reed. 1921. A monograph of the British Ordovician and Silurian Bellerophontacea. The Palaeontographical Society 31:1-92
Belongs to Bucanopsis according to P. J. Wagner 2023
See also Reed 1921
Sister taxa: Bucaniopsis calamitoides, Bucaniopsis forbesi, Bucanopsis carinifera, Bucanopsis comata, Bucanopsis diabloensis, Bucanopsis gemma, Bucanopsis latevittatus, Bucanopsis lirata, Bucanopsis qinglongensis, Bucanopsis trisinuata, Bucanopsis volgulica
Type specimen: BMNH, a shell. Its type locality is Locality 5. “Starfish Bed,” small cliff above S. bank of Lady Burn River, 100 meters south of South Treave Farmhouse, Thraive Glen, Girvan, which is in a Rawtheyan carbonate limestone in the South Threave Formation of the United Kingdom.
Ecology: slow-moving low-level epifaunal detritivore
Distribution: found only at Locality 5. “Starfish Bed,” small cliff above S. bank of Lady Burn River, 100 meters south of South Treave Farmhouse, Thraive Glen, Girvan
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