Buchia elongata Hyatt 1894 (scallop)

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae

Alternative combination: Aucella elongata

Full reference: A. Hyatt. 1894. Trias and Jura in the western states. Geological Society America Bulletin 5(1):395-434

Belongs to Buchia according to C. H. Crickmay 1933

See also Hyatt 1894

Sister taxa: Buchia arcuata, Buchia bronni, Buchia concentrica, Buchia crassicollis, Buchia elderensis, 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 occidentalis, Aucella crassa, Aucella concentrica, Aucella indigenalis, Aucella fischeri

Subtaxa: Aucella elongata orbicularis

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Buchia elongata in the database

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