Posidonia ovalis Kittl 1912 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae

Full reference: E. Kittl. 1912. Materialen zu einer Monographie der Halobiidae und Monotidae der Trias [Monograph on the Halobiidae and Monotidae of the Triassic]. Resultate der Wissenschaftlichen Erforschung des Balatonsees, II Band: Paläontologie der Umgebung des Balatonsees 1(4):1-229

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 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 pannonica, Posidonia praealpina, Posidonia semiundata, Posidonia somaliensis, Posidonia stella, Posidonia subtilis, Posidonia triangularis, Posidonia wengensis, Posidonomya hausmanni, Posidonomya laevis, Posidonomya moneta, Posidonomya pergamena, Posidonomya orbicularis, Posidonomya fragosa, Posidonomya bosniaca, Posidonomya backlundi, Posidonomya devonica, Posidonomya fasciata, Posidonomya incerta, Posidonomya alta

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kurkuli, Corfu, which is in a Bajocian marine horizon in Greece

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kurkuli, Corfu

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