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Posidonia
Taxonomy
Posidonia was named by Bronn (1828) [Sepkoski's age data: C Tour J u Sepkoski's reference number: 1058]. It is not extant.
It was assigned to Halobiidae by Kittl (1912); to Rhombopteriidae by Bychkov et al. (1976); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Posidoniidae by Vokes (1980) and Bouchet et al. (2010).
It was assigned to Halobiidae by Kittl (1912); to Rhombopteriidae by Bychkov et al. (1976); to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Posidoniidae by Vokes (1980) and Bouchet et al. (2010).
Species
P. affinis, P. becheri, P. bittneri, P. blatchleyi, P. christophori, P. daytonensis, P. dianensis, P. ekiatapensis, P. elegans, P. gemmellaroi, P. germari, P. gibbosa, P. girtyi, P. idriana, P. jacksoni, P. lineolata, P. madisonensis, P. minuta, P. multicostata, P. nodosocostata, P. obliqua, P. obsoletestriata, P. olenekensis (syn. P. kulensis), P. ovalis, P. pannonica (syn. Posidonomya alta), P. praealpina, P. semiundata, P. somaliensis, P. stella, P. subtilis, P. triangularis, P. wengensis, Posidonomya backlundi, Posidonomya bosniaca, Posidonomya devonica, Posidonomya fasciata, Posidonomya fragosa, Posidonomya hausmanni, Posidonomya incerta, Posidonomya laevis, Posidonomya moneta, Posidonomya orbicularis, Posidonomya pergamena
Species lacking formal opinion data
Synonyms
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Synonymy list
| Year | Name and author |
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| 1828 | Posidonia Bronn |
| 1835 | Posidonomya Bronn |
| 1912 | Posidonia Kittl |
| 1976 | Posidonia Bychkov et al. |
| 1980 | Posidonia Vokes p. 48 |
| 2002 | Posidonia Sepkoski |
| 2010 | Posidonia Bouchet et al. |
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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. †Posidonia Bronn 1828
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†Posidonia affinis Gemmellaro 1882
†Posidonia becheri Bronn 1828
†Posidonia bittneri de Lorenzo 1896
†Posidonia blatchleyi Gabb 1870
†Posidonia christophori Popov 1948
†Posidonia daytonensis Gabb 1864
†Posidonia dianensis Guo 1985
†Posidonia ekiatapensis Bychkov et al. 1976
†Posidonia elegans Gemmellaro 1882
†Posidonia gemmellaroi de Lorenzo 1896
†Posidonia germari Beyrich 1857
†Posidonia gibbosa Gemmellaro 1882
†Posidonia girtyi Morningstar 1922
†Posidonia idriana Mojsisovics 1873
†Posidonia jacksoni Smith 1927
†Posidonia lineolata Gemmellaro 1882
†Posidonia madisonensis Smith 1927
†Posidonia minuta von Zieten 1833
†Posidonia multicostata Emmons 1856
†Posidonia nodosocostata Giebel 1857
†Posidonia obliqua von Hauer 1875
†Posidonia obsoletestriata Tommasi 1894
†Posidonia ovalis Kittl 1912
†Posidonia praealpina Kittl 1912
†Posidonia semiundata Guo 1985
†Posidonia somaliensis Cox 1935
†Posidonia stella Gabb 1864
†Posidonia subtilis Bytschkov and Efimova 1968
†Posidonia triangularis Emmons 1856
†Posidonia wengensis Giebel 1857
Invalid names: Posidonomya Bronn 1835 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available