Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Alternative combination: Posidonomya elegans
Belongs to Posidonia according to E. Kittl 1912
Sister taxa: Posidonia affinis, Posidonia alpina, Posidonia becheri, Posidonia bittneri, Posidonia blatchleyi, Posidonia christophori, Posidonia daytonensis, Posidonia dianensis, Posidonia ekiatapensis, Posidonia gemmellaroi, Posidonia germari, Posidonia gibbosa, Posidonia girtyi, Posidonia idriana, Posidonia jacksoni, 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 hausmanni, Posidonomya moneta, Posidonomya backlundi, Posidonomya pergamena, Posidonomya laevis, Posidonomya devonica, Posidonomya incerta, Posidonomya fasciata, Posidonomya fragosa, Posidonomya alta, Posidonomya bosniaca, Posidonomya orbicularis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Scaletta del Monte Cassaro, Castronovo di Sicilia (Triassic of Italy)
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