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Bositra buchi

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae

Taxonomy
Posidonia buchi was named by Roemer (1836). It is not extant.

It was recombined as Bositra buchi by Duff (1978), Aberhan (1998) and Gahr (2002); it was recombined as Bositra buchii by Lazar et al. (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
B. dalmasi, B. favretensis, B. ornati

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1836Posidonia buchi Roemer
1851Posidonia ornati Quenstedt p. 517 figs. Pl 42, fig 16
1978Bositra buchi Duff
1998Bositra buchi Aberhan p. 78 figs. Pl 4, figs 11-13; pl 5, fig 2
2002Bositra buchi Gahr
2004Bositra buchii Lazar et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPosidonioideaFrech 1909
familyPosidoniidaeFrech 1909
genusBositraDe Gregorio 1886
speciesbuchi(Roemer 1836)

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.

†Bositra buchi Roemer 1836
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Invalid names: Posidonia ornati Quenstedt 1851 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Callovian or 190.80000 to 163.50000 Ma

Collections (296 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Early/Lower Jurassic - Middle Jurassic201.4 - 161.5Canada (British Columbia) Bositra buchi (53239)
Early/Lower Sinemurian196.5 - 189.6Germany Bositra buchii (28875)
Pliensbachian190.8 - 182.7Spain Bositra buchii (211858)
Late/Upper Pliensbachian189.6 - 183.0Canada (Yukon) Bositra buchi (53107)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Canada (Yukon) Bositra buchii (208215)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain Bositra buchi (25672 25675)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0United Kingdom Bositra buchii (213953 213955 213956 213957 213959 213960 213962 213966 213967 213976 213998 213999 214000 214001)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Spain (Teruel) Bositra buchi (211175)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Portugal Bositra buchi (25956 25961)
Early/Lower Toarcian183.0 - 182.0Canada (Alberta) Bositra buchi (53215)
Kanense183.0 - 182.0Canada (Yukon) Bositra buchii (114659)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian183.0 - 175.6Canada (Alberta) Bositra buchi (53210 53214)
Early/Lower Toarcian - Middle Toarcian183.0 - 175.6Canada (British Columbia) Bositra buchi (53213 53223)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Canada (British Columbia) Bositra buchi (53209 53217 53221 53240 53241)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Canada (Yukon) Bositra buchi (53207 53211 53216 53224 53236)
Toarcian182.7 - 174.1Canada (Alberta) Bositra buchi (53208 53212)
Planulata182.0 - 180.1Canada (Yukon) Bositra buchi (53206) Bositra buchii (114656)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6United Kingdom Bositra buchii (214006)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Canada (British Columbia) Bositra buchi (53218 53219 53220 53222 53237 53238 53242 53243)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Portugal Bositra buchi (25968)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Spain Bositra buchi (25880 25883)
Middle Toarcian182.0 - 175.6Canada (Yukon) Bositra buchii (197429)
Late/Upper Toarcian180.1 - 175.6Canada (Yukon) Bositra buchii (208216)
Late/Upper Toarcian - Aalenian180.1 - 170.3France Bositra buchi (51501)
Concavum175.6 - 171.6Morocco Bositra buchii (141203 141208 141211 141212 141213 141217 141225)
Early/Lower Aalenian - Late/Upper Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Iran Bositra buchii (141261)
Late/Upper Aalenian175.6 - 171.6Morocco Bositra buchii (141219)
Opalinum175.6 - 171.6Switzerland Bositra buchii (35780 35781 35782 35783 35784 35785 35786 35787 35788 35789 35790 35791 35792 35793 35794 35795 35796 35797 35798 35799 35800 35801 35802 35803 35804 35805 35806 35807 35808 35809 35810 35811 35812 35813 35814 35815 35816 35817 35818 35819 35820 35821 35822 35823 35824 35825 35826 35827 35828 35829 35830 35831 35832 35833 35834 35835 35836 35837 35838 35839 35840 35841 35842 35843 35844 35845 35846 35847 35848 35849 35850 35851 35852 35853 35854 35855 35856 35857 35858 35859 35934 35935 35936 35937 35938 35939 35940 35941 35942 35943 35944 35945 35946 35947 35948 35949 35950 35951 35952 35953 35954 35955 35956 35957 35958 35959 35960 35961 35962 35963 36161 36162 36163 36164 36165 36166 36167 36168 36169 36170 36171 36172 36173 36174)
Middle Jurassic174.7 - 161.5United Kingdom (Gloucestershire) Posidonia ornati (204062 204063 204064)
Aalenian174.1 - 170.3Tanzania Bositra buchi (36403 36414)
Aalenian - Bajocian174.1 - 168.3Spain Bositra buchi (131813)
Early/Lower Bajocian171.6 - 168.4USA (Alaska) Posidonia ornati (5472)
Discites171.6 - 167.7Morocco Bositra buchii (141236)
Late/Upper Bajocian171.6 - 167.7Poland Bositra buchi (124922 125163)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3USA (California) Posidonia ornati (200048)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Tanzania Bositra buchi (36401)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Spain Bositra buchi (214379)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Italy (Umbria) Bositra buchii (202124)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Poland Bositra buchi (124921 125161)
Bajocian170.3 - 168.3Hungary Bositra buchii (124884)
Bajocian - Bathonian170.3 - 166.1Italy (Veneto) Bositra buchi (104801)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1Poland Bositra buchi (124923)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1China Posidonia ornati (64880)
Bathonian168.3 - 166.1India Bositra buchi (68408 68410)
Early/Lower Bathonian167.7 - 164.7India Bositra buchi (63213 63215 63222)
Late/Upper Bathonian167.7 - 164.7Poland Bositra buchi (125165 125174)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5United Kingdom (England) Bositra buchii (37950 37951 37952 37956 37957 37958)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Chile (Anofagasta) Bositra buchi (132064)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Romania Bositra buchii (122098)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5Kenya Bositra buchi (36444)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5India Bositra buchi (61521 61528 61533 61540 61661 61674 67399 67400 67401 67547 67548 67556 67557 67558 67560 67568 67577 67578 67579 67580 67583 67624 67630 68393 68394 68395 68403 68404 68405 68406 68407 68409 68411 68412 68499 68500 68501 68551 68657)
Callovian166.1 - 163.5USA (California) Posidonia ornati (163046)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2India Bositra buchi (62155 68493)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2United Kingdom (England) Bositra buchii (37949 37954)
Early/Lower Callovian164.7 - 161.2France Bositra buchii (58221)
Late/Upper Callovian164.7 - 161.2India Bositra buchi (61672 67398 67550 67559 67581 67582 68385 68389 68390 68391 68392 68487 68488 68490 68491 68496 68497 68498 68502 68550 68552 68553)
Middle Callovian164.7 - 161.2India Bositra buchi (67553)