†Malayomaorica Jeletzky 1963 (scallop)
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Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Parent taxon: Buchiidae according to J. A. Crame 1983
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Allobuchia, Anningella, Aucellina, Australobuchia, Bittneria, Buchia, Eobuchiinae, Hokonuia, Marwickiella, Paraucellina, Sichuania
Subtaxa: Malayomaorica malayomaorica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Heterian of New Zealand (1 collection)
• Temaikan of New Zealand (1)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of New Caledonia (1)
• Jurassic of Antarctica (3), East Timor (1), Indonesia (6), New Zealand (9), Papua New Guinea (5)
Total: 27 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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