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Buchia erringtoni orbicularis

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae

Taxonomy

Aucella orbicularis was named by Hyatt (1894).

It was recombined as Buchia erringtoni orbicularis by Crickmay (1933).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

B. bulloides, B. contorta, B. crassa, B. jasikovi, B. misolica, B. pallasi, B. russiensis, B. sublaevis, B. subokensis, B. unschensis, B. pallasi

Synonyms

Aucella aviculaeformis acuta was named by Hyatt (1894).

It was synonymized subjectively with Buchia erringtoni orbicularis by Crickmay (1933).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1894	Aucella aviculaeformis acuta Hyatt p. 433
1894	Aucella orbicularis Hyatt p. 434
1933	Buchia erringtoni orbicularis Crickmay p. 56 figs. Plate 16, Figures 21-23

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822

Rank	Name	Author
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Pectinida	(Gray 1854)
suborder	Anomiidina	Gray 1854
—	Monotoidei	Waterhouse 2001
superfamily	Buchioidea	Cox 1953
family	Buchiidae	Cox 1953
genus	Buchia	Rouillier 1845
species	erringtoni	()
subspecies	orbicularis	()

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.

†Buchia erringtoni orbicularis Hyatt 1894

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†Aucella aviculaeformis acuta Hyatt 1894

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calciteg

Environment:

marineo

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Life habit:

epifaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-09-26 08:13:13

Modified:

2007-09-26 10:13:13

Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Steuber 2002, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Kimmeridgian or 154.80000 to 149.20000 Ma

Collections: one only

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Kimmeridgian	154.8 - 149.2	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Aucella orbicularis (212017)