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Loxobucania lindsleyi

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon lindsleyi was named by Safford (1869). It is not a trace fossil. It is the type species of Loxobucania.

It was recombined as Bucania lindsleyi by Ulrich and Scofield (1897), Bassler (1932), Knight et al. (1960), Peel (1991) and Wahlman (1992); it was misspelled as Bucania lindleyi by Sloan and Webers (1987); it was recombined as Loxobucania lindsleyi by Knight (1942), Kobayashi (1958) and Wagner (2023).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1869Bellerophon lindsleyi Safford
1897Bucania lindsleyi Ulrich and Scofield p. 889 figs. pl. 66 f. 24-25
1897Bucania micronema Ulrich and Scofield p. 892 figs. pl. 66 f.
1932Bucania lindsleyi Bassler figs. pl. 20 f. 28
1942Loxobucania micronema Knight
1942Loxobucania lindsleyi Knight p. 488
1958Loxobucania lindsleyi Kobayashi p. 86
1960Bucania lindsleyi Knight et al. p. 180
1987Bucania lindleyi Sloan and Webers p. 185
1991Bucania lindsleyi Peel p. 83
1992Bucania lindsleyi Wahlman pp. 131 - 132 figs. pl. 18 f. 1-9
1992Bucania micronema Wahlman p. 136 figs. pl. 19 f. 1-6
2023Loxobucania lindsleyi Wagner p. 203

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

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 lindsleyi Safford 1869
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Invalid names: Loxobucania micronema Ulrich and Scofield 1897 [synonym]
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, Hendy et al. 2009, Knight et al. 1960

Age range: Edenian or 451.00000 to 450.20000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Bucania micronema (154460)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Bucania lindleyi (23659 23664 23667 23668 23670)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Bucania lindleyi (23579 23584) Bucania lindsleyi (174070)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Bucania lindleyi (23678)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Bucania lindleyi (23588)