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Bucanospira ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4606779	https://www.gbif.org/species/4606779
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	9405	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=9405

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Craspedostomatidae : Bucanospira

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Craspedostomatidae : Bucanospira

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Gastropoda	Cuvier 1797
subclass	Eogastropoda	Ponder and Lindberg 1996
order	Euomphalina	de Koninck 1881
superfamily	Platyceratoidea
family	Craspedostomatidae	Wenz 1938
subfamily	Bucanospirinae	Wenz 1938
genus	Bucanospira	Ulrich 1897

Scientific Name

Bucanospira Ulrich, 1897

Name Published In

Fin. Rep. Geol. Surv. Minnesota, 3, pt. 2,

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Bucanospira	genus	belongs to Trochonematidae	stated with evidence	Ulrich and Scofield, 1897
Bucanospira	genus	belongs to Craspedostomatidae	stated with evidence	Knight et al., 1960
Bucanospira	genus	belongs to Architaenoglossa	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Bucanospira	genus	belongs to Bucanospirinae	stated with evidence	Bouchet et al., 2005

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

427 - 423 Ma
Silurian

Last Recorded Appearance

411 - 408 Ma
Early/Lower Devonian

Motility

facultatively mobile (based on Platyceratoidea)

Vision

limited (based on Gastropoda)

Diet

parasite, carnivore (based on Platyceratoidea)

Ontogeny

accretion (based on Platyceratoidea)

Taphonomy

calcite, aragonite,minor ribbing (based on Platyceratoidea)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

E. O. Ulrich and W. H. Scofield. 1897. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota. The Paleontology of Minnesota 39(2):813-1081

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Brochidium fractum ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	2	423 Ma Silurian	411 Ma Early/Lower Devonian
Brochidium tuba ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	427 Ma Silurian	427 Ma Silurian
Bucanospira contexta ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)
Bucanospira expansa ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)	1	426 Ma Silurian	426 Ma Silurian

Obsolete Names

Name	Source	Taxon Rank	Taxonomy
Buchanospira Dollfus, 1919	GBIF	genus	Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Craspedostomatidae : *Buchanospira*

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1897	Bucanospira Ulrich and Scofield
1960	Bucanospira Knight et al. p. 299
2002	Bucanospira Sepkoski, Jr.
2005	Bucanospira Bouchet et al. pp. 39, 245

References

Ulrich E. O., Scofield W. H. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota, The Paleontology of Minnesota 39 2, 813-1081

Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

Bouchet P., Rocroi J.-P, et al (2005) A nomenclator and classification of gastropod family-group names, Malacologia 47 1-2, 1-368

GBIF/Paleo Database - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Fin. Rep. Geol. Surv. Minnesota, 3, pt. 2, - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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