Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae
Belongs to Buchia according to Jeletsky 1965
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 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
Type specimen: GSC 16642
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Canada (3: British Columbia collections), China (1), United States (10: Alaska, California, Oregon)
• Jurassic to Cretaceous of United States (2: California)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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