Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Full reference: F. X. Guo. 1985. Fossil Bivalves of Yunnan 1-319
Belongs to Posidonia according to F. X. Guo 1985
Sister taxa: Posidonia affinis, Posidonia alpina, 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 somaliensis, Posidonia stella, Posidonia subtilis, Posidonia triangularis, Posidonia wengensis, Posidonomya alta, Posidonomya hausmanni, Posidonomya laevis, Posidonomya devonica, Posidonomya pergamena, Posidonomya fasciata, Posidonomya bosniaca, Posidonomya backlundi, Posidonomya incerta, Posidonomya orbicularis, Posidonomya moneta, Posidonomya fragosa
Type specimen: IVy 0176, a valve (Right valve). Its type locality is Jinba, Zhesang, Funing County, which is in an Anisian marine horizon in the Baifeng Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of China (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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