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 taimyrensis, Peribositria popowi, Peribositria borealis, Peribositria inflata, Peribositria backlundi, Peribositria tenuissima, Peribositria jakutica, Peribositria sossunovi, Peribositria tompoensis, Peribositria mimer
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 (1), Spain (8), Switzerland (124), Tanzania (3), the United Kingdom (26), United States (3: Alaska, California)
Total: 296 collections including 298 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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