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 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
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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