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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
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