Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucanellidae
Alternative spellings: Bucaniella, Plectonotus (Bucaniella)
Full reference: F. B. Meek. 1871. A preliminary list of fossils collected by Dr. Hayden in Colorado, New Mexico, and California, with brief descriptions of a few of the new species. Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 11:425-431
Parent taxon: Bucanellidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005
See also Clarke 1913, Horný 1963, Knight et al. 1960, Koken and Perner 1925, Pitcher 1939, Sepkoski 2002, Starobogatov 1970, Ulrich and Scofield 1897 and Wahlman 1992
Sister taxa: Crenistriella, Ornatosinuitina, Sinuitella
Subtaxa: Bucanella (Bucanella) Bucanella crispata Bucanella homalotropis Bucanella nana Bucanella revaliensis Bucanella tripla Bucaniella quadrisulcata
Type: Bucanella nana
Ecology: epifaunal detritivore
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (1 collection), Brazil (2), Germany (1), Morocco (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Silurian of Algeria (1), Argentina (1), Canada (1: Ontario), United States (4: New York, Ohio, Virginia)
• Arenig of United States (2: Montana, North Dakota)
• Ordovician of Canada (1: Nunavut), China (1), the Czech Republic (3), Estonia (1), South Africa (1), Sweden (3), United States (7: Colorado, Iowa, North Dakota, Vermont, Wisconsin)
• Tremadoc of United States (1: Virginia)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
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