Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Alternative combination: Posidonomya obsoletestriata
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 olenekensis, Posidonia ovalis, Posidonia pannonica, Posidonia praealpina, Posidonia semiundata, Posidonia somaliensis, Posidonia stella, Posidonia subtilis, Posidonia triangularis, Posidonia wengensis, Posidonomya devonica, Posidonomya alta, Posidonomya laevis, Posidonomya hausmanni, Posidonomya fasciata, Posidonomya backlundi, Posidonomya orbicularis, Posidonomya pergamena, Posidonomya incerta, Posidonomya moneta, Posidonomya fragosa, Posidonomya bosniaca
Type specimen: Its type locality is Dosso-Alto in Val Trompia, which is in an Anisian carbonate limestone in Italy
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Dosso-Alto in Val Trompia
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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