Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Alternative combinations: Posidonia mimer, Posidonomya mimer
Belongs to Peribositria according to A. S. Dagis et al. 1996
See also Bychkov et al. 1976, Kittl 1912, Kurushin 1985, Mojsisovics 1886 and Tozer 1961
Sister taxa: Bositra buchi, Bositra circularis, Bositra limbata, Bositra sabinensis, Bositra sibirica, Bositra wengensis, Peribositria inflata, Peribositria borealis, Peribositria tompoensis, Peribositria sossunovi, Peribositria backlundi, Peribositria popowi, Peribositria jakutica, Peribositria tenuissima, Peribositria taimyrensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (6: British Columbia, Nunavut collections), the Russian Federation (4), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (29), United States (1: Alaska), Vietnam (1)
Total: 41 collections each including a single occurrence
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