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Australobuchia

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae

Taxonomy
Australobuchia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Buchiidae by Hikuroa and Grant-Mackie (2008).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Australobuchia Sepkoski
2008Australobuchia Hikuroa and Grant-Mackie

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderPectinida(Gray 1854)
suborderAnomiidinaGray 1854
MonotoideiWaterhouse 2001
superfamilyBuchioideaCox 1953
familyBuchiidaeCox 1953
genusAustralobuchia

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

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Australobuchia partimlirata Hikuroa and Grant-Mackie 2008
Australobuchia wherowhero Hikuroa and Grant-Mackie 2008
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-05 04:41:14
Modified: 2007-11-27 03:50:12
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Tithonian or 149.20000 to 143.10000 Ma

Collections (11 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Puaroan150.0 - 143.1New Zealand A. hochstetteri (116349) A. hochstetteri, A. partimlirata (63766) A. plicata (116347 116350) A. wherowhero (116339 116341 116343 116352) A. wherowhero, A. partimlirata (116345)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1Antarctica (Alexander Island) A. sp. (2074)
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1New Zealand A. plicata, A. partimlirata (63869)