Allobuchia apiculata Yu 1983 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae

Belongs to Allobuchia according to Yu 1983

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Shenyang Institute of Geology and Mineral Resources, BH1557a. Its type locality is Chaoyangtun, Hulin, which is in a Cretaceous marine horizon in the Yunshan Formation of China.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Chaoyangtun, Hulin

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