Buchiola Barrande 1881 (clam)

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Buchiolidae

Full reference: J. Barrande. 1881. Système Silurien de Centre de la Bohême. Volume VI: Acéphales. Système Silurien de Centre de la Bohême. Volume VI: Acéphales 1-342

Parent taxon: Buchiolidae according to J. Kříž 2007

See also Bouchet et al. 2010, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

Sister taxa: Costacutia, Disarnella, Glyptohallicardia, Levibuchiola, Planocardia, Porsugenia

Subtaxa: Buchiola (Buchiola) Buchiola (Megabuchiola) Buchiola retrostriata

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (3: Northwest Territories and Yukon collections), China (2), Czechia (3), France (1), Germany (15), Poland (1), South Africa (3), Spain (8), United States (8: Nevada, New York)

• Silurian of the United Kingdom (2)

Total: 46 collections including 50 occurrences

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