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Undulabucania gorbyi

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Taxonomy
Bellerophon gorbyi was named by Miller (1892). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Dearborn County, which is in a Richmondian marine limestone in the Dillsboro Formation of Indiana.

It was recombined as Loxobucania gorbyi by Knight (1942); it was recombined as Undulabucania gorbyi by Wahlman (1992) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1892Bellerophon gorbyi Miller
1908Bellerophon gorbyi Cumings
1942Loxobucania gorbyi Knight
1992Undulabucania gorbyi Wahlman p. 142 figs. pl. 23 f. 10-15
2023Undulabucania gorbyi Wagner p. 491

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderBellerophontidaUlrich and Scofield 1897
suborderBellerophontina
superfamilyBellerophontoidea()
familyBucaniidae
subfamilyUndulabucaniinae
genusUndulabucania
speciesgorbyi()

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.

†Undulabucania gorbyi Miller 1892
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available