Australobuchia (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae

Parent taxon: Buchiidae according to D. Hikuroa and J. Grant-Mackie 2008

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Allobuchia, Anningella, Aucellina, Bittneria, Buchia, Eobuchiinae, Hokonuia, Malayomaorica, Marwickiella, Paraucellina, Sichuania

Subtaxa: Australobuchia partimlirata Australobuchia wherowhero

View classification

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Jurassic of Antarctica (1 collection), New Zealand (10)

Total: 11 collections including 15 occurrences

Show more details


Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.


Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.