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Bucanopsis

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bellerophontidae

Taxonomy
Bucanopsis was named by Ulrich and Scofield (1897) [Sepkoski's age data: O Llde C Serp Sepkoski's reference number: 797].

It was reranked as Bellerophon (Bucanopsis) by Reed (1906); it was corrected as Bucaniopsis by Pitcher (1939).

It was assigned to Bellerophon by Reed (1906); to Bellerophontacea by Pitcher (1939); to Carinaropsinae by Knight et al. (1960); to Bellerophontida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Bucanopsinae by Wahlman (1992), Bouchet et al. (2005) and Wagner (2023).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1897Bucanopsis Ulrich and Scofield
1906Bellerophon (Bucanopsis) Reed p. 366
1939Bucaniopsis Pitcher p. 121
1960Bucanopsis Knight et al. p. 180 figs. 98.1a - 98.1c
1992Bucanopsis Wahlman
2002Bucanopsis Sepkoski
2005Bucanopsis Bouchet et al. pp. 39, 241
2023Bucanopsis Wagner p. G113

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

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.

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
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available