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Bositra wengensis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae

Taxonomy
Posidonomya wengensis was named by Wissmann (1841).

It was recombined as Posidonia wengensis by Kittl (1912), Frech (1912), Krumbeck (1924), Ogilvie Gordon (1927) and Vörös (1987); it was recombined as Bositra wengensis by Friesenbichler et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. dalmasi, B. favretensis, B. ornati

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Sanguinolaria alpina Münster p. 142 figs. Pl 8, fig 29
1841Sanguinolaria okeni Münster p. 142
1841Posidonomya wengensis Wissmann p. 23 figs. Pl 16, fig 12
1865Posidonomya wengensis Laube p. 76 figs. Pl 20, fig 12
1912Posidonia wengensis Frech
1912Posidonia wengensis Kittl
1924Posidonia wengensis Krumbeck
1927Posidonia wengensis Ogilvie Gordon
1987Posidonia wengensis Vörös
2019Bositra wengensis Friesenbichler 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
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPosidonioideaFrech 1909
familyPosidoniidaeFrech 1909
genusBositraDe Gregorio 1886
specieswengensis()

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.

†Bositra wengensis Wissmann 1841
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Invalid names: Sanguinolaria alpina Münster 1841 [synonym], Sanguinolaria okeni Münster 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-11-27 01:49:07
Modified: 2007-11-27 03:49:07
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Bithynian to the top of the Julian or 247.20000 to 232.00000 Ma

Collections (47 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Hungary (Veszprem) Posidonia wengensis (43725)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0Hungary Posidonia wengensis (203369)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Posidonia wengensis (201821)
Anisian247.2 - 242.0China (Guangxi) Posidonia wengensis (204656)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Posidonia wengensis (178664)
Bithynian247.2 - 242.0Romania Bositra wengensis (197722)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Posidonia wengensis (31610)
Pelsonian247.2 - 242.0Hungary Posidonia wengensis (136932)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0China (Guizhou) Posidonia wengensis (31611 31613 31615 31616 31617 31625 31627 31628)
Pelsonian - Illyrian247.2 - 242.0Hungary Posidonia wengensis (81050)
Anisian - Ladinian247.2 - 237.0Italy (Udine) Posidonomya wengensis (201597)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Romania Posidonia wengensis (142737)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy Posidonia wengensis (50874 50876 50877)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Thailand Posidonia wengensis (44810)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Italy (Trento) Posidonomya wengensis (231733)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Indonesia (Timor) Posidonia wengensis (205307)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Vietnam Posidonia wengensis (44765 44768 44789)
Ladinian242.0 - 237.0Hungary (Bakony) Posidonia wengensis (203348)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Slovenia Posidonia wengensis (166631 202062)
Longobardian242.0 - 235.0Spain Posidonia wengensis (121047)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Slovenia Posidonomya wengensis (206261)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Posidonia wengensis (50880 50887 50891 50948 50949 50950 50952 50953 50954 50955 50956 50957 50958) Sanguinolaria alpina, Sanguinolaria okeni (137429)