Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Belongs to Aucella according to R. W. Imlay 1959
See also Imlay 1961, Stewart 1930 and Zell and Stinnesbeck 2015
Sister taxa: Buchia arcuata, Buchia bronni, Buchia concentrica, Buchia crassicollis, Buchia elderensis, Buchia elongata, Buchia erringtoni, Buchia extensa, Buchia fischeriana, Buchia inflata, Buchia keyserlingi, Buchia mosquensis, Buchia okensis, Buchia pacifica, Buchia piochii, Buchia plicata, Buchia rugosa, Buchia terebratuloides, Buchia tolmatschowi, Buchia trigonoides, Buchia uncitoides, Buchia volgensis, Aucella weerthi, Aucella lahuseni, Aucella crassa, Aucella subokensis, Aucella indigenalis, Aucella nuciformia, Aucella spitiensis, Aucella occidentalis, Aucella piriformis, Aucella fischeri, Aucella krotovi, Aucella bononiensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1 collection)
• Jurassic of United States (10: Alaska)
Total: 11 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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