Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Alternative combination: Posidonomya gemmellaroi
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 elegans, 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 incerta, Posidonomya devonica, Posidonomya laevis, Posidonomya backlundi, Posidonomya fasciata, Posidonomya moneta, Posidonomya alta, Posidonomya orbicularis, Posidonomya pergamena, Posidonomya hausmanni, Posidonomya bosniaca, Posidonomya fragosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lagonegro (Carnian), which is in a Carnian marine horizon in Italy
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Lagonegro (Carnian)
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