Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Alternative combination: Avicula gryphaeoides
Belongs to Aucellina according to T. J. Wild and J. D. Stilwell 2016
See also Glaessner 1958
Sister taxa: Aucellina coquandiana, Aucellina dowlingi, Aucellina radiatostriata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Humbleton Quarry, Durham (Sedgwick coll), which is in a Wuchiapingian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Ford Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Azerbaijan (1 collection), Canada (1: British Columbia), France (1), Germany (5), Greenland (2), Indian Ocean (1), Mozambique (3), New Zealand (18), Papua New Guinea (2)
Total: 34 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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