Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Alternative combinations: Posidonomya stella, Posodonomya stella
Full reference: W. M. Gabb. 1864. Description of the Triassic fossils of California and the adjacent territories. Geological Survey of California Palaeontology 1:19-35
Belongs to Posidonia according to J. P. Smith 1927
See also Gabb 1864, Kittl 1912 and Leidy 1868
Sister taxa: Posidonia affinis, Posidonia becheri, Posidonia bittneri, Posidonia blatchleyi, Posidonia christophori, Posidonia daytonensis, Posidonia dianensis, Posidonia ekiatapensis, Posidonia elegans, Posidonia gemmellaroi, Posidonia germari, Posidonia gibbosa, Posidonia girtyi, Posidonia idriana, Posidonia jacksoni, Posidonia lineolata, Posidonia madisonensis, Posidonia minuta, Posidonia multicostata, Posidonia nodosocostata, Posidonia obliqua, Posidonia obsoletestriata, Posidonia olenekensis, Posidonia ovalis, Posidonia pannonica, Posidonia praealpina, Posidonia semiundata, Posidonia somaliensis, Posidonia subtilis, Posidonia triangularis, Posidonia wengensis, Posidonomya bosniaca, Posidonomya laevis, Posidonomya incerta, Posidonomya moneta, Posidonomya pergamena, Posidonomya fasciata, Posidonomya hausmanni, Posidonomya devonica, Posidonomya orbicularis, Posidonomya backlundi, Posidonomya fragosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Star Canon, Humboldt, which is in an Illyrian carbonate limestone in Nevada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (2: Nevada collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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