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Bositra

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae

Taxonomy

Bositra was named by De Gregorio (1886) [Sepkoski's age data: J Toar-l J Kimm Sepkoski's reference number: 92,93]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Bositrinae by Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Posidoniidae by Hayami (1975), Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Species

B. buchi (syn. Posidonia ornati), B. circularis, B. limbata, B. sabinensis, B. sibirica, B. wengensis (syn. Sanguinolaria okeni, Sanguinolaria alpina), Peribositria backlundi, Peribositria borealis, Peribositria inflata, Peribositria jakutica, Peribositria mimer, Peribositria popowi, Peribositria sossunovi, Peribositria taimyrensis, Peribositria tenuissima, Peribositria tompoensis

Species lacking formal opinion data

B. aranea, B. bucchi, B. dalmasi, B. favretensis, B. japonica, B. ornati, B. radiata, B. somaliensis

Synonyms

Peribositria was named by Kurushin and Truschelev (1989).

It was synonymized subjectively with Bositra by Waller and Stanley (2005).

It was assigned to Posidoniidae by Dagis et al. (1996).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1886	Bositra De Gregorio
1975	Bositra Hayami
1989	Peribositria Kurushin and Truschelev
1996	Peribositria Dagis et al. p. 41
2002	Bositra Sepkoski
2010	Bositra Bouchet et al.
2014	Bositra Ros-Franch et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida	(Fërussac 1822)
suborder	Malleidina	Gray 1854
superfamily	Posidonioidea	Frech 1909
family	Posidoniidae	Frech 1909
genus	Bositra	De Gregorio 1886

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

G. †Bositra De Gregorio 1886

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†Bositra buchi Roemer 1836

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Invalid names: Posidonia ornati Quenstedt 1851 [synonym]

†Bositra circularis Hsu 1937

†Bositra limbata Guo 1985

†Bositra sabinensis Monari 1994

†Bositra sibirica Kurushin 1980

†Bositra wengensis Wissmann 1841

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Invalid names: Sanguinolaria alpina Münster 1841 [synonym], Sanguinolaria okeni Münster 1841 [synonym]

†Posidonia wengensis alta Mojsisovics 1900

Invalid names: Peribositria Kurushin and Truschelev 1989 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
valve height	32	13.4	1.90	73.8	15.7	16.4

Composition:

low Mg calciteo

Environment:

marine, brackisho

Locomotion:

stationaryf

Attached:

yeso

Life habit:

epifaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2007-11-27 01:49:07

Modified:

2007-11-27 03:49:07

Source: f = family, o = order, c = class

References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Griesbachian to the top of the Late/Upper Albian or 251.90200 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections (472 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Oldest occurrences
Griesbachian	251.902 - 250.5	China (Guizhou)	B. sp. (157352)
Induan	251.902 - 249.9	China (Jiangsu)	Posidonia circularis (109784)
Early/Lower Triassic	251.902 - 246.7	Canada (British Columbia)	Posidonia mimer (43834)
Early/Lower Triassic - Middle Triassic	251.902 - 237.0	Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Edgeøya)	Posidonia backlundi (203364)
Dienerian	250.5 - 249.9	China (Guangxi)	Posidonia circularis (121135)
Dienerian	250.5 - 249.9	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	Posidonia mimer (212149 212150)
Dienerian	250.5 - 249.9	Canada (British Columbia)	Posidonia mimer (62473)
Smithian	249.9 - 248.1	Canada (Nunavut)	Posidonia mimer (43848 61943)
Smithian	249.9 - 248.1	Russian Federation	Peribositria backlundi (127354 127355) Peribositria mimer (116053) Peribositria popowi (127353) Peribositria popowi, Peribositria jakutica (127352) Peribositria sossunovi (107012) Peribositria sossunovi, Peribositria borealis, Peribositria tompoensis, Peribositria inflata (107029) Peribositria sp. (168042 168047) Peribositria tenuissima, Peribositria sossunovi (107099) Posidonia mimer (107043 202838 214724) Posidonia sossunovi (202836)
Smithian	249.9 - 248.1	China (Guangxi)	Posidonia circularis (121138)
Youngest occurrences
Time interval	Ma	Country or state	PBDB collection number
Early/Lower Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	United Kingdom (England)	B. buchii (37949 37954)
Early/Lower Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India	B. buchi (62155 68493)
Early/Lower Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	France	B. buchii (58221)
Late/Upper Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India	B. buchi (61672 67398 67550 67559 67581 67582 68385 68389 68390 68391 68392 68487 68488 68490 68491 68496 68497 68498 68502 68550 68552 68553)
Late/Upper Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	Germany	B. sp. (62284)
Late/Upper Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	United Kingdom (England)	B. sp. (38488)
Middle Callovian	165.3 - 161.5	India	B. buchi (67553)
Late/Upper Kimmeridgian	152.21 - 149.2	Tanzania	B. somaliensis (36306)
Tithonian	149.2 - 143.1	Slovakia	B. sp. (229112)
Late/Upper Albian	106.3 - 100.5	Colombia	B. sp. (68532)