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Bucanella homalotropis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucanellidae

Taxonomy
Bucaniella homalotropis was named by Koken (1897) [Bucaniella homalotropis Linnarson in Koken 1897]. It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Humlenäs, southeast of Lake Hummeln in Oskarshamn, which is in a Kunda carbonate limestone in the Expansus Formation of Sweden.

It was recombined as Bucanella homalotropis by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Bucaniella homalotropis Koken p. 128
1925Bucaniella homalotropis Koken and Perner p. 22 figs. pl. 23 f. 36-40
2023Bucanella homalotropis Wagner p. 4083

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBucanellidae()
genusBucanella
specieshomalotropis()

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.

Bucanella homalotropis Koken 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: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10g
Adult height: 1.0 to < 10g
Locomotion: actively mobilef
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 09:49:16
Modified: 2009-06-05 20:21:44
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy 2009, Hendy et al. 2009

Age range: Kunda or 469.20000 to 464.30000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Kunda469.2 - 464.3Sweden (Kalmas) Bucaniella homalotropis (154866)