Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Alternative combinations: Bositra buchii, Posidonia buchi
Synonym: Posidonia ornati Quenstedt 1851
Belongs to Bositra according to M. E. Gahr 2002
See also Aberhan 1998 and Lazar et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Bositra circularis, Bositra limbata, Bositra sabinensis, Bositra sibirica, Bositra wengensis, Peribositria jakutica, Peribositria tenuissima, Peribositria backlundi, Peribositria mimer, Peribositria inflata, Peribositria borealis, Peribositria taimyrensis, Peribositria tompoensis, Peribositria popowi, Peribositria sossunovi
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Canada (33: Alberta, British Columbia, Yukon collections), Chile (1), China (1), France (2), Germany (1), Hungary (1), India (69), Iran (1), Italy (2), Kenya (1), Morocco (9), Poland (7), Portugal (3), Romania (2), Spain (8), Switzerland (124), Tanzania (3), the United Kingdom (26), United States (3: Alaska, California)
Total: 297 collections including 299 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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