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Loxobucania nashvillensis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Taxonomy
Bucania nashvillensis was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) [Ulrich in Ulrich & Scofield 1897]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Ulrich & Scofield Nashville Locality, which is in a Shermanian carbonate limestone in the Bigby-Cannon Formation of Tennessee.

It was recombined as Loxobucania nashvillensis by Knight (1942), Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Bucania nashvillensis Ulrich and Scofield pp. 890 - 891 figs. pl. 66 f. 36-40
1915Bucania nashvillensis Bassler
1942Loxobucania nashvillensis Knight
1992Bucania nashvillensis Wahlman pp. 132 - 133 figs. pl. 13 f. 15-21; pl. 14 f. 1-14; pl. 15
2023Loxobucania nashvillensis Wagner p. 208

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

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 nashvillensis 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: Chatfieldian or 453.80000 to 451.00000 Ma

Collections (9 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Bucania nashvillensis (5356 5358 154415)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Bucania nashvillensis (77357 87818 100289)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) Bucania nashvillensis (99334 100233 100288)