Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Alternative combinations: Aucella erringtoni, Lima erringtoni
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Notes on some fossils front the gold bearing slates of Mariposa, with description of some new species. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, First Series 3:172-173
Belongs to Buchia according to C. H. Crickmay 1933
See also Gabb 1864, Hyatt 1894 and Meek 1865
Sister taxa: Buchia arcuata, Buchia bronni, Buchia concentrica, Buchia crassicollis, Buchia elderensis, Buchia elongata, 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 nuciformia, Aucella occidentalis, Aucella piriformis, Aucella indigenalis, Aucella krotovi, Aucella lahuseni, Aucella subokensis, Aucella spitiensis, Aucella concentrica, Aucella fischeri, Aucella weerthi, Aucella bononiensis, Aucella crassa
Subtaxa: Aucella erringtoni linguformis Buchia erringtoni aviculaeformis Buchia erringtoni orbicularis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1 collection), United States (1: California)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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