ammonites
†subfamily Bucaniinae Ulrich and Scofield 1897 (snail)

Gastropoda - Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae

Synonyms: Grandostomatidae Hornư 1962, Grandostomatinae Hornư 1962

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

Parent taxon: Bucaniidae according to P. Bouchet et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Salpingostomatinae, Tremanotinae, Undulabucaniinae

Subtaxa: Bucania, Bucaniides, Bucanopsina, Kokenospira, Loxobucania, Megalomphala, Offleya, Patellostium, Phragmolites

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Type: Bucania

Ecology: epifaunal detritivore