Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Synonym: Nuggetia Wilckens 1927
Full reference: C. T. Trechmann. 1917. The Trias of New Zealand. Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London 73(3):165-246
Parent taxon: Buchiidae according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Waterhouse 1960
Sister taxa: Allobuchia, Anningella, Aucellina, Australobuchia, Bittneria, Buchia, Eobuchiinae, Malayomaorica, Marwickiella, Paraucellina, Sichuania
Subtaxa: Hokonuia limaeformis Hokonuia rotundata
Type: Hokonuia limaeformis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of New Caledonia (1 collection), New Zealand (9)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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