Bositra circularis Hsu 1937 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae

Alternative combination: Posidonia circularis

Full reference: T. Y. Hsu. 1937. Contribution to the marine Lower Triassic fauna of southern China. Bulletin of the Geological Society of China 16:303-346

Belongs to Bositra according to Y. H. Pan et al. 2014

See also Hsu 1937

Sister taxa: Bositra buchi, Bositra limbata, Bositra sabinensis, Bositra sibirica, Bositra wengensis, Peribositria popowi, Peribositria backlundi, Peribositria jakutica, Peribositria taimyrensis, Peribositria borealis, Peribositria inflata, Peribositria tompoensis, Peribositria sossunovi, Peribositria mimer, Peribositria tenuissima

Type specimen: Its type locality is Chinglungshan CLS6, Longtanzhen, which is in an Induan marine shale in China

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of China (5 collections)

Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences

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