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Bucanopsinae

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1992Bucanopsinae Wahlman
2005Bucanopsinae Bouchet et al. p. 241
2017Bucanopsinae Bouchet et al. p. 332

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

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.

Subfm. †Bucanopsinae Wahlman 1992
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G. †Bucanopsis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
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†Bucaniopsis forbesi Reed 1921
†Bucanopsis carinifera Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Bucanopsis comata Perner 1903
†Bucanopsis diabloensis Wahlman 1992
†Bucanopsis gemma Lindström 1884
†Bucanopsis latevittatus Lindström 1884
†Bucanopsis lirata Ladd 1925
†Bucanopsis nicoli Reed 1921
†Bucanopsis trisinuata Öpik 1953
†Bucanopsis volgulica Chernyshev 1893
G. †Sphenosphaera Knight 1945
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†Sphenosphaera bilineatus Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Sphenosphaera burginensis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Sphenosphaera capax Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Sphenosphaera consimilis Savage 1913
†Sphenosphaera eiseni Lindström 1884
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Invalid names: Sphenosphaera exigua Foerste 1887 [synonym]
†Sphenosphaera laurentinus Twenhofel 1928
†Sphenosphaera mohri Miller 1874
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Invalid names: Bellerophon cincinnatiensis Miller and Faber 1894 [synonym], Bellerophon parksi Foerste 1924 [synonym]
†Sphenosphaera nana Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Sphenosphaera opertus Foerste 1893
†Sphenosphaera platystoma Meek and Worthen 1868
†Sphenosphaera recurvus Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Sphenosphaera rogersensis Foerste 1914
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Invalid names: Sphenosphaera clausus Ulrich and Scofield 1897 [replaced]
†Sphenosphaera similis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Sphenosphaera subangularis Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Sphenosphaera subpatula Ulrich and Scofield 1897
†Sphenosphaera troosti de Ferrusac and d'Orbigny 1840
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Composition 2: low Mg calciteo
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: slow-movingf
Life habit: low-level epifaunalf
Diet: detritivoref
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-06-11 14:40:27
Modified: 2009-10-11 13:36:14
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Hendy 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Letna to the top of the Changhsingian or 460.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (145 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Middle Ordovician470.0 - 458.4USA (Kentucky) Bucanopsis sp. (10758)
Letna - Harnagian460.9 - 457.2Czech Republic Bucanopsis comata (3861)
Soudleyan458.4 - 457.2United Kingdom (Wales) Bucaniopsis sp. (192387) Bucanopsis sp. (3301)
Caradoc458.4 - 449.5USA (Kentucky) Sphenosphaera capax (64418 64419 64420)
Zahorany457.5 - 455.8Czech Republic Bucania comata (155333)
Zahorany - Late/Upper Ordovician457.5 - 443.8Czech Republic Bucanopsis sp. (3865)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Kentucky) Sphenosphaera troosti (99336 100176)
Turinian457.3 - 453.8USA (Missouri) Bellerophon capax (175724)
Franklinian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Bucania nana, Bellerophon subpatula, Bellerophon troosti (154416)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Bellerophon clausus (5352) Bellerophon clausus, Bellerophon troosti (5358 5361)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Illinois, Iowa) Bellerophon clausus, Bellerophon platystoma (23664 23667 23668 23670) Bellerophon platystoma (23659)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Bellerophon troosti (154460) Bucanopsis carinifera, Bellerophon bilineatus (154461) Bucanopsis carinifera, Sphenosphaera burginensis (77149) Bucanopsis carinifera, Sphenosphaera troosti (77357 87818) Sphenosphaera clausus (77147 77148 101108 101379) Sphenosphaera clausus, Bucanopsis carinifera (77150 100289 101401) Sphenosphaera clausus, Sphenosphaera troosti (87813) Sphenosphaera troosti (99569)
Shermanian457.3 - 449.6USA (Minnesota) Bellerophon clausus, Bellerophon platystoma (23584)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Minnesota) Bellerophon similis, Bellerophon platystoma (194137)
Chatfieldian453.8 - 451.0USA (Kentucky) Bucanopsis carinifera (100124) Bucanopsis carinifera, Bellerophon bilineatus (100233) Bucanopsis sp. (34561) Bucanopsis sp., Sphenosphaera sp., Sphenosphaera clausus, Bucanopsis carinifera, Sphenosphaera burginensis (34547) Sphenosphaera burginensis (99802) Sphenosphaera clausus (100129) Sphenosphaera clausus, Bucanopsis carinifera (99334 100288) Sphenosphaera clausus, Bucanopsis diabloensis (99663 99803) Sphenosphaera sp., Bucanopsis carinifera, Sphenosphaera burginensis (34548)
Chatfieldian - Edenian453.8 - 450.2Canada (Nunavut) Bellerophon similis (24116)
Katian453.0 - 445.2USA (Kentucky) Sphenosphaera clausus (100175 100246 100539 100857 100858 100859 100860 101098 101105 101403) Sphenosphaera sp. (10752)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Illinois, Iowa) Bellerophon clausus, Bellerophon platystoma (23678)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Minnesota) Bellerophon clausus, Bellerophon platystoma (23588)
Edenian451.0 - 450.2USA (Kentucky) Sphenosphaera clausus (100541)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Iowa) Bucanopsis lirata (13261 13262)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Ohio) Bellerophon recurvus (155400) Bucanopsis sp. (388)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Tennessee) Bellerophon capax (5374)
Maysvillian450.2 - 449.6USA (Kentucky) Bellerophon recurvus (154583) Bucanopsis sp. (73085) Sphenosphaera capax (64417 76968 76970 100256)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Indiana) Bellerophon mohri (155711) Bellerophon mohri, Bellerophon subangularis (373) Bucanopsis sp. (72453) Sphenosphaera mohri (76913 100245 194134) Sphenosphaera sp. (374 72539)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Kentucky) Sinuites mohri (37833)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Ontario) Bellerophon mohri (155173) Bellerophon parksi (22954 22960 173012)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Iowa) Bucanopsis sp. (13204)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5USA (Ohio) Bellerophon sp. (395)
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Quebec) Bellerophon laurentinus (63667) Bellerophon parksi (172788 172789)
Pusgillian449.5 - 449.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Bucaniopsis forbesi (73133)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.7USA (Indiana) Sphenosphaera mohri (64164)
Gamachian449.5 - 443.7USA (Illinois) Bellerophon consimilis (173288)
Rawtheyan448.8 - 445.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Bucaniopsis nicoli (73134)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8Canada (Nova Scotia) Bucanopsis sp. (3834)
Rhuddanian443.4 - 440.8Canada (Ontario) Bucania fiscellostriata (173218 173223)
Alexandrian443.4 - 436.0USA (Ohio) Bellerophon centervillensis (155417) Bellerophon exigus (172895) Bellerophon fiscellostriatus (155567) Bellerophon fiscellostriatus, Bellerophon opertus (172922)
Llandovery443.4 - 433.4USA (New York) Bucania sp. (443)
Aeronian440.8 - 438.5USA (Ohio) Bellerophon fiscellostriatus (164379)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Sweden (Gotland) Bellerophon gemma, Bellerophon latevittatus (3972) Sphenosphaera eiseni (3976)
Telychian438.5 - 433.4Australia (Victoria) Kokenospira trisinuata (8028)
Homerian430.5 - 427.4United Kingdom (England) Bucaniopsis latevittatus (23057)
Gorstian427.4 - 425.6Sweden (Gotland) Bellerophon gemma (13603)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0USA (Alaska) Retispira volgulica (85025)
Ludlow427.4 - 423.0United Kingdom (England) Sphenosphaera sp. (482)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7Canada (Manitoba) Bucanopsis sp. (6722)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (New York) Bucanopsis sp. (8797 8798 8799)
Givetian387.7 - 382.7USA (Pennsylvania) Bucanopsis sp. (627)
Tournaisian358.9 - 346.7USA (Iowa) Bucanopsis sp. (3309)
Mississippian358.9 - 323.2United Kingdom (Scotland) Bucanopsis sp. (575)
Brigantian336.0 - 330.9United Kingdom (Scotland) Bucaniopsis sp. (6357 6358 6381 6401 6402 6404 6406 6407 6408 6409 6416 6417 6423 6430 6440) Bucanopsis sp. (565 6405)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Iowa) Bucanopsis sp. (3294)
Chesterian335.5 - 323.2USA (Arizona) Bucanopsis sp. (124256)
Late/Upper Mississippian330.9 - 323.2USA (Alaska) Bucanopsis sp. (112183)
Westphalian - Vereian318.7 - 313.8United Kingdom (Wales) Bucanopsis sp. (8229 8230)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Texas) Bucanopsis n. sp. (11100)
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Kansas) Bucanopsis sp. (927)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9China (Shanxi) Bucaniopsis calamitoides (156149)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guizhou) Bucanopsis qinglongensis (112087)