Bositra buchi Roemer 1836 (oyster)

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 borealis, Peribositria tenuissima, Peribositria mimer, Peribositria inflata, Peribositria popowi, Peribositria tompoensis, Peribositria taimyrensis, Peribositria backlundi, 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 (1), Spain (8), Switzerland (124), Tanzania (3), the United Kingdom (26), United States (3: Alaska, California)

Total: 296 collections including 298 occurrences

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