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Bucanospira expansa

Source Data
SourceIDLink
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)4957648https://www.gbif.org/species/4957648
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)72883https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=72883
Rankspecies
Taxonomy (GBIF)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Craspedostomatidae : Bucanospira : Bucanospira expansa
Taxonomy (PBDB)Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Euomphalina : Craspedostomatidae : Bucanospira : Bucanospira expansa
Taxonomic Status (GBIF)accepted
Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)
RankNameAuthor
-Eukaryota
-OpisthokontaCavalier-Smith 1987
kingdomAnimalia
-Bilateria
-EubilateriaAx 1987
-ProtostomiaGrobben 1908
-Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMolluscaLinnaeus 1758
classGastropodaCuvier 1797
subclassEogastropodaPonder and Lindberg 1996
orderEuomphalinade Koninck 1881
superfamilyPlatyceratoidea
familyCraspedostomatidaeWenz 1938
subfamilyBucanospirinaeWenz 1938
genusBucanospiraUlrich and Scofield 1897
speciesBucanospira expansaUlrich & Scofield 1897
Generic NameBucanospira
Scientific NameBucanospira expansa Ulrich & Scofield, 1897
Opinions (PBDB)
NameRankOpinionEvidenceAuthor
Bucanospira expansaspeciesbelongs to Bucanospirastated with evidenceUlrich and Scofield, 1897
Status (PBDB)extinct
Taxon Size (PBDB)1
First Recorded Appearance426 - 423 Ma
Silurian
Last Recorded Appearance426 - 423 Ma
Silurian
Motilityfacultatively mobile (based on Platyceratoidea)
Visionlimited (based on Gastropoda)
Dietparasite, carnivore (based on Platyceratoidea)
Ontogenyaccretion (based on Platyceratoidea)
Taphonomycalcite, 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

Synonymy List

YearName and Author
1897Bucanospira expansa Ulrich and Scofield
1941Bucanospira expansa Knight pp. 61 - 62 figs. Plate 84, figures 3a-c
1960Bucanospira expansa Knight et al. p. 299 figs. f. 196,1
2017Bucanospira expansa Wagner p. 5039

References

Ulrich E. O., Scofield W. H. The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota, The Paleontology of Minnesota 39 2, 813-1081
Knight J. B. (1941) Paleozoic gastropod genotypes, Geological Society of America Special Paper 32, 1-510
Knight J. B., Cox L. R., et al (1960) Systematic descriptions, Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology. Mollusca I 1, 169-339
Wagner P. J. (2017) Paleozoic Gastropod, Rostroconch, Helcionelloid and Tergomyan Database
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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