Aucella occidentalis Anderson 1945 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae

Full reference: F. M. Anderson. 1945. Knoxville series in the California Mesozoic. Geological Society America Bulletin 56(10):909-1014

Belongs to Aucella according to F. M. Anderson 1945

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 krotovi, Aucella weerthi, Aucella piriformis, Aucella lahuseni, Aucella spitiensis, Aucella subokensis, Aucella nuciformia, Aucella bononiensis, Aucella crassa, Aucella concentrica, Aucella indigenalis, Aucella fischeri

Type specimen: Its type locality is USGS Mesozoic loc. M2253, Watson Creek, which is in a Tithonian marine sandstone in California.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at USGS Mesozoic loc. M2253, Watson Creek

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