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Bucanopsis
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Prosobranchia
Order:
Archaeogastropoda
Suborder:
Bellerophontina
Superfamily:
Bellerophontacea
Family:
Bellerophontidae
Subfamily:
Carinaropsinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Bucanopsis Ulrich, in Ulrich & SCOFIELD, 1897
Type Species:
B. carinifera
Images
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Fig. 98,1. *B. carinifera, M.Ord., Ky., 1a-c, apertural, abapertural, left sides, X2.7.
Synonyms
Bucaniopsis
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Dapingian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
471.26
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Pridoli
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
419
Description
Longitudinal keel on floor of whorls well developed but with coiling moderately reduced and parietal extension slight, ornament fine spiral threads
References
Ulrich, E. O. \& Scofield, W. H., 1897, The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota: Minnesota Geol. Survey, v. 3, pt. 2, p. 813-1081, pl. 61-82 (Minneapolis).
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Gastropoda
Subclass:
Prosobranchia
Order:
Archaeogastropoda
Suborder:
Bellerophontina
Superfamily:
Bellerophontacea
Family:
Bellerophontidae
Subfamily:
Carinaropsinae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Bucanopsis Ulrich, in Ulrich & SCOFIELD, 1897
Type Species:
B. carinifera
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. 98,1. *B. carinifera, M.Ord., Ky., 1a-c, apertural, abapertural, left sides, X2.7.
Synonyms
Bucaniopsis
Geographic Distribution
N.Am.-Eu.
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
M.Ord.
Beginning International Stage:
Dapingian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
471.26
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Sil.
Ending International Stage:
Pridoli
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
419
Description
Longitudinal keel on floor of whorls well developed but with coiling moderately reduced and parietal extension slight, ornament fine spiral threads
References
Ulrich, E. O. \& Scofield, W. H., 1897, The Lower Silurian Gastropoda of Minnesota: Minnesota Geol. Survey, v. 3, pt. 2, p. 813-1081, pl. 61-82 (Minneapolis).