Bucanellidae
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Bucanellidae is an extinct family
Family
In human context, a family is a group of people affiliated by consanguinity, affinity, or co-residence. In most societies it is the principal institution for the socialization of children...

 of paleozoic molluscs of uncertain position (Gastropoda
Gastropoda
The Gastropoda or gastropods, more commonly known as snails and slugs, are a large taxonomic class within the phylum Mollusca. The class Gastropoda includes snails and slugs of all kinds and all sizes from microscopic to quite large...

 or Monoplacophora
Monoplacophora
Monoplacophora, meaning "bearing one plate", is a polyphyletic class of mollusks with a cap-like shell, living on the bottom of deep sea. Extant representatives were unknown until 1952; previously they were known only from the fossil record.- Definition :...

) with isostrophically coiled shells.

Taxonomy

The taxonomy of the Gastropoda by Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005
Taxonomy of the Gastropoda (Bouchet & Rocroi, 2005)
The taxonomy of the Gastropoda as it was revised by Philippe Bouchet and Jean-Pierre Rocroi is currently the most up-to-date overall system for classifying gastropod mollusks...

 categorizes Bucanellidae in the superfamilia Bellerophontoidea
Bellerophontoidea
The Bellerophontoidea, , common name "bellerophonts", is a superfamily of extinct planospirally coiled globose molluscs, generally included in the Gastropoda that first appeared late in the Cambrian and continued until late in the Triassic.-Biology:Unlike normal gastropods, the shells of...

 within the
Paleozoic molluscs of uncertain systematic position with isostrophically coiled shells (Gastropoda or Monoplacophora). This family has no subfamilies.

Genera

Genera in the family Bucanellidae include:
  • Bucanella Meek
    Fielding Bradford Meek
    Fielding Bradford Meek was an American geologist and paleontologist.The son of a lawyer, he was born in Madison, Indiana. In early life he was in business as a merchant, but his leisure hours were devoted to collecting fossils and studying the rocks of the neighborhood of Madison...

    , 1871 - type genus
    Type genus
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     of the family Bucanellidae
  • Crenistriella
  • Ornatosinuitina
  • Sinuitella
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