Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Alternative combination: Aucella okensis
Belongs to Buchia according to D. L. Jones et al. 1969
See also Imlay 1961
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 pacifica, Buchia piochii, Buchia plicata, Buchia rugosa, Buchia terebratuloides, Buchia tolmatschowi, Buchia trigonoides, Buchia uncitoides, Buchia volgensis, Aucella spitiensis, Aucella bononiensis, Aucella subokensis, Aucella nuciformia, Aucella crassa, Aucella piriformis, Aucella concentrica, Aucella weerthi, Aucella lahuseni, Aucella occidentalis, Aucella fischeri, Aucella krotovi, Aucella indigenalis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (13: British Columbia, Northwest Territories, Yukon collections), China (1), Greenland (5), the Russian Federation (21), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (3), United States (2: Alaska, California)
• Jurassic of Cuba (2), United States (4: California)
Total: 51 collections including 52 occurrences
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