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Bucanopsis nicoli

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bucaniopsis nicoli was named by Reed (1921). Its type specimen is BMNH, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Locality 5. “Starfish Bed,” small cliff above S. bank of Lady Burn River, 100 meters south of South Treave Farmhouse, Thraive Glen, Girvan, which is in a Rawtheyan carbonate limestone in the South Threave Formation of the United Kingdom.

It was recombined as Bucanopsis nicoli by Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1921Bucaniopsis nicoli Reed p. 61 figs. pl. 10 f. 7-9
2023Bucanopsis nicoli Wagner p. 4799

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBellerophontidae
subfamilyBucanopsinae
genusBucanopsis
speciesnicoli()

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.

Bucanopsis nicoli Reed 1921
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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
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-03-04 09:50:18
Modified: 2009-06-11 16:40:35
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Rawtheyan or 448.80000 to 445.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Bucaniopsis nicoli (type locality: 73134)