Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Alternative combination: Aucella terebratuloides
Belongs to Buchia according to D. L. Jones et al. 1969
See also Anderson 1938, Anderson 1945, Imlay 1959 and Spath 1947
Sister taxa: Buchia arcuata, Buchia bronni, Buchia concentrica, Buchia crassicollis, Buchia elderensis, Buchia elongata, Buchia erringtoni, Buchia extensa, Buchia fischeriana, Buchia inflata, Buchia keyserlingi, Buchia mosquensis, Buchia okensis, Buchia pacifica, Buchia piochii, Buchia plicata, Buchia rugosa, Buchia tolmatschowi, Buchia trigonoides, Buchia uncitoides, Buchia volgensis, Aucella weerthi, Aucella indigenalis, Aucella bononiensis, Aucella piriformis, Aucella lahuseni, Aucella subokensis, Aucella concentrica, Aucella fischeri, Aucella crassa, Aucella krotovi, Aucella nuciformia, Aucella occidentalis, Aucella spitiensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: Northwest Territories, Yukon collections), Greenland (7), the Russian Federation (28), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (5)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (1: California)
• Jurassic of Azerbaijan (1), Canada (2: Northwest Territories, Yukon), Greenland (1), United States (3: California)
Total: 52 collections each including a single occurrence
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