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Bucania simulatrix

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Taxonomy
Bucania simulatrix was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) [Bucania simulatrix Ulrich in Ulrich & Scofield 1897]. It is not extant. Its type locality is Richmond, Whitewater Fm., which is in a Richmondian perireef or subreef reef rocks in the Whitewater Formation of Indiana.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Bucania simulatrix Ulrich and Scofield
1992Bucania simulatrix Wahlman p. 139 figs. pl. 19 f. 11-14
2023Bucania simulatrix Wagner p. 216

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBucaniidae
subfamilyBucaniinae
genusBucania
speciessimulatrix

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Bucania simulatrix Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
G.P. Wahlman 1992Shell large (up to 45.6 mm long), loosely coiled, with large, open umbilicus; submature whorls subreniform, adult aperture greatly expanded anteriorly with elongate subtriangular outline.

Shell large, consisting of about three volutions, loosely coiled so as to create a wide, open umbilicus. Submature whorls rather narrow and depressed, subreniform in outline; dorsum gently convex, convexity gradually increases at greater rate than width, but in adulthood aperture expands anteriorly at even a greater rate, resulting in an elongate sUbtriangular outline. Posterolateral lip of adult aperture slightly retlexed; anterior lip curved upward into fairly deep V -shaped sinus; parietal lip apparently thickened centrally. Dorsomedian ridge over expanded portion of whorl on internal molds retlects an elevated, hollow slitband. No surface markings known.