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Loxobucania emmonsi

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Taxonomy
Bucania emmonsi was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897). It is a 3D body fossil.

It was recombined as Loxobucania emmonsi by Knight (1942) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Bucania emmonsi Ulrich and Scofield pp. 887 - 888 figs. pl. 86 f. 1-3
1942Loxobucania emmonsi Knight
1992Bucania emmonsi Wahlman pp. 128 - 129 figs. pl. 12 f. 1-4
2023Loxobucania emmonsi Wagner p. 198

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

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.

†Loxobucania emmonsi Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Adult height: 10 to < 100g
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: minorg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-05 17:39:04
Modified: 2009-06-05 19:39:04
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Knight et al. 1960, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Blackriveran or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections (21 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Virginia) Bucania emmonsi (33544 33545 33546 33547)
Ashbyan457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Bucania emmonsi (5327)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Bucania emmonsi (23614 23615 23617 23619 23620)
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Bucania emmonsi (23556)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Bucania emmonsi (23557)
Blackriveran - Rocklandian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Bucania emmonsi (23621)
Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Bucania emmonsi (23623 23644)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Bucania emmonsi (23622)
Rocklandian - Kirkfieldian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Bucania emmonsi (23558)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Bucania emmonsi (23651 23653 23656)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Bucania emmonsi (23579)