Family Bouchardiidae Allan 1940 (lamp shell)
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Bouchardiidae
Parent taxon: Bouchardioidea according to C. C. Emig et al. 2013
See also Williams et al. 2006
Sister taxa: none
Subtaxa: Australiarcula Bouchardia Bouchardiella Malleia Neobouchardia
Type: Bouchardia
Ecology: stationary low-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Oligocene to Pliocene of Argentina (1 collection)
• Oligocene of New Zealand (2)
• Eocene of Antarctica (9), Argentina (2)
• Paleocene to Eocene of Australia (1)
• Paleogene of Antarctica (9)
• Cretaceous of Australia (19)
Total: 43 collections each including a single occurrence