Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Synonym: Diotis Simonelli 1884 [replaced name]
Full reference: S. Monari. 1994. I bivalvi giurassici dell’Appennino umbro-marchigiano. Studi Geologici Camerti, Volume Speciale: Biostratigrafia dell’Italia centrale 157-187
Parent taxon: Posidoniidae according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014
See also Monari 1994 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amonotis, Bositra, Didymotis, Ellesmerella, Guerichia, Imposidonia, Magnolobia, Multisidonia, Posidonia, Posidonotis, Pseudodidymotis, Pterohalobia, Steinmannia, Veldidenella
Subtaxa: Caenodiotis janus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Italy (4 collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
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