Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Alternative combination: Posidonomya bittneri
Belongs to Posidonia according to E. Kittl 1912
Sister taxa: Posidonia affinis, Posidonia alpina, Posidonia becheri, Posidonia blatchleyi, Posidonia christophori, Posidonia daytonensis, Posidonia dianensis, Posidonia ekiatapensis, Posidonia elegans, 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 moneta, Posidonomya incerta, Posidonomya devonica, Posidonomya alta, Posidonomya fasciata, Posidonomya orbicularis, Posidonomya backlundi, Posidonomya bosniaca, Posidonomya laevis, Posidonomya hausmanni, Posidonomya pergamena, 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:
• Triassic of China (1 collection), Italy (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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