Posidonia jacksoni Smith 1927 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae

Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262

Belongs to Posidonia according to J. P. Smith 1927

Sister taxa: Posidonia affinis, 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 lineolata, Posidonia madisonensis, Posidonia minuta, Posidonia multicostata, Posidonia nodosocostata, Posidonia obliqua, Posidonia obsoletestriata, Posidonia olenekensis, Posidonia ovalis, Posidonia pannonica, Posidonia praealpina, Posidonia semiundata, Posidonia somaliensis, Posidonia stella, Posidonia subtilis, Posidonia triangularis, Posidonia wengensis, Posidonomya laevis, Posidonomya pergamena, Posidonomya moneta, Posidonomya devonica, Posidonomya fragosa, Posidonomya fasciata, Posidonomya incerta, Posidonomya orbicularis, Posidonomya hausmanni, Posidonomya bosniaca, Posidonomya backlundi

Type specimen: Its type locality is Brock Mountain, 3 miles east of Madison's ranch (Trachyceras subzone), which is in a Tuvalian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Brock Mountain, 3 miles east of Madison's ranch (Trachyceras subzone)

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