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Aucellina
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Buchiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Aucellina POMPECKJ, 1901, p. 365
Type Species:
Avicula gryphaeoides J. de C. Sowerby, 1836, p. 335 (non Sedgwick, 1828) (=Inoceramus coquandianus d'Orbigny, 1846, p. 505), SD MARWICK, 1939, p. 463
Images
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Fig. C96,3. A. coquandiana (d'Orbigny), Alb., Ger. (3a-c), Eng. (3d), 3a-c, LV ext., RV and ant. views of both valves, all X1 (747), 3 d, Eng., RV ant. auricle and cardinal area, X3 (Woods, 1905)."
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-Caucasus-Australia-Patag.-Antarctic
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Cret.(Apt.)
Beginning International Stage:
Aptian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
121.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Cret.(Turon.)
Ending International Stage:
Turonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
89.39
Description
Resembling Buchia, except that RV is always almost flat and its anterior auricle is in alignment with hinge margin, with cardinal area extending to its extremity, subauricular notch extending almost to beak, ctenolium present
References
Pompeckj, J. F., 1901, Ueber Aucellen und Aucellen-ähnliche Formen: Neues Jahrb., Beil.-Bd., v. 14. p. 319-366, pl. 15-17.
Museum or Author Information
Classification
Phylum:
Mollusca
Class:
Bivalvia
Subclass:
Pteriomorphia
Order:
Pterioida
Suborder:
Pteriina
Superfamily:
Pectinacea (scallops and relatives)
Family:
Buchiidae
Formal Genus Name and Reference:
Aucellina POMPECKJ, 1901, p. 365
Type Species:
Avicula gryphaeoides J. de C. Sowerby, 1836, p. 335 (non Sedgwick, 1828) (=Inoceramus coquandianus d'Orbigny, 1846, p. 505), SD MARWICK, 1939, p. 463
Images
(Click to enlarge in a new window)
Fig. C96,3. A. coquandiana (d'Orbigny), Alb., Ger. (3a-c), Eng. (3d), 3a-c, LV ext., RV and ant. views of both valves, all X1 (747), 3 d, Eng., RV ant. auricle and cardinal area, X3 (Woods, 1905)."
Synonyms
Geographic Distribution
Eu.-Caucasus-Australia-Patag.-Antarctic
Age Range
Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:
Cret.(Apt.)
Beginning International Stage:
Aptian
Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:
0
Beginning Date:
121.4
Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:
Cret.(Turon.)
Ending International Stage:
Turonian
Fraction Up In Ending Stage:
100
Ending Date:
89.39
Description
Resembling Buchia, except that RV is always almost flat and its anterior auricle is in alignment with hinge margin, with cardinal area extending to its extremity, subauricular notch extending almost to beak, ctenolium present
References
Pompeckj, J. F., 1901, Ueber Aucellen und Aucellen-ähnliche Formen: Neues Jahrb., Beil.-Bd., v. 14. p. 319-366, pl. 15-17.