†Posidonotis Losacco 1942 (oyster)
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Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Synonym: Pectinula
Parent taxon: Posidoniidae according to M. Aberhan 1994
See also Ros-Franch et al. 2014 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amonotis, Bositra, Caenodiotis, Didymotis, Ellesmerella, Guerichia, Imposidonia, Magnolobia, Multisidonia, Posidonia, Pseudodidymotis, Pterohalobia, Steinmannia, Veldidenella
Subtaxa: Posidonotis dainelii Posidonotis semiplicata
Type: Posidonotis dainelii
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Argentina (7 collections), Canada (34: British Columbia, Yukon), Chile (13), Italy (1), Japan (1)
Total: 56 collections including 57 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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