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Buchia

Bivalvia - Pectinida - Buchiidae

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Buchia Rouillier
1846Aucella Keyserling p. 297
1895Aucella Stanton p. 39
1980Buchia Vokes p. 57
2002Buchia Sepkoski
2010Buchia Bouchet et al.

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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
genusBuchiaRouillier 1845

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.

G. †Buchia Rouillier 1845
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Buchia arcuata Hyatt 1894
Buchia bronni Rouiller 1848
Buchia concentrica White 1888
Buchia crassicollis Keyserling 1846
Buchia elderensis Anderson 1945
Buchia elongata Hyatt 1894
Buchia extensa Holdhaus 1913
Buchia fischeriana d'Orbigny 1845
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Invalid names: Aucella sollasi Pavlow 1907 [synonym]
Buchia inflata Toula 1888
Buchia keyserlingi Lahusen 1888
Buchia mosquensis White 1885
Buchia okensis Pavlow 1907
Buchia pacifica Jeletsky 1965
Buchia piochii Gabb 1864
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Invalid names: Aucella andersoni Pavlow 1907 [synonym], Aucella attenuata Anderson 1945 [synonym], Aucella gabbi Pavlow 1907 [synonym], Aucella gracilis Pavlow 1907 [synonym], Aucella hyatti Pavlow 1907 [synonym], Aucella knoxvillensis Anderson 1945 [synonym], Aucella mosquensis White 1885 [synonym], Aucella russiensis Pavlow 1907 [synonym], Aucella stantoni Pavlow 1907 [synonym], Aucella subinflata Pavlow 1907 [synonym], Aucella tenuicollis Pavlow 1907 [synonym]
Buchia plicata Zittel 1864
Buchia rugosa Fischer 1837
Buchia terebratuloides Lahusen 1888
Buchia tolmatschowi Sokolov 1908
Buchia trigonoides Lahusen Smith 1894
Buchia uncitoides Pavlow 1907
Buchia volgensis Lahusen 1888
Invalid names: Aucella Keyserling 1846 [synonym], Aucella aviculaeformis acuta Hyatt 1894 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height221.618.425.421.94.95

Composition: low Mg calciteg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryf
Life habit: epifaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Comments: No aragoniteg
Created: 2007-09-26 08:13:13
Modified: 2007-09-26 10:13:13
Source: g = genus, f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Steuber 2002

Age range: base of the Bajocian to the top of the Maastrichtian or 170.30000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (644 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Toarcian - Oxfordian182.7 - 157.3Norway (Svalbard) B. sp. (107003)
Bajocian - Late/Upper Bajocian170.3 - 167.7Antarctica B. sp. (32724)
Callovian - Kimmeridgian166.1 - 152.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen B. bronni (212479 212480)
Callovian - Kimmeridgian166.1 - 152.1China B. spitiensis, B. concentrica (64879)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Indonesia Aucella subspitiensis (71432)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Canada (Yukon) B. concentrica (55965 55969)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3Svalbard and Jan Mayen Aucella bronni (212008 212798) Aucella bronni, Aucella latta, Aucella mosquensis (212944 212975)
Oxfordian163.5 - 157.3China B. spitiensis, B. curtusa, B. concentrica (64863)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1USA (California) B. concentrica (163031 192802)
Oxfordian - Kimmeridgian163.5 - 152.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen B. bronni (212493)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Valanginian - Hauterivian139.8 - 129.4USA (California) B. sp. (151972)
Early/Lower Hauterivian136.4 - 130.0Greenland B. sp. (97566 97568)
Hauterivian - Barremian132.9 - 125.0Canada (Yukon) B. inflata (55963)
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Australia (Queensland) Aucella hughendensis (106404)
Albian113.0 - 100.5Australia (Queensland) Aucella hughendenensis (222683)
Coniacian89.8 - 86.3USA (California) Inoceramus piochii (44232)
Campanian83.6 - 72.1New Zealand (South Island) Aucella sp. (101382)
Haumurian83.6 - 66.0New Zealand (Canterbury) Aucella sp. (101408 101409)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Russian Federation B. crassa, B. crassicollis (1337)
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Madagascar B. madagascariensis (1322)