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Bositra wengensis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae

Taxonomy
Posidonomya wengensis was named by Wissmann (1841).

It was recombined as Posidonia wengensis by Kittl (1912), Frech (1912), Krumbeck (1924), Ogilvie Gordon (1927) and Vörös (1987); it was recombined as Bositra wengensis by Friesenbichler et al. (2019).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Sanguinolaria alpina Münster p. 142 figs. Pl 8, fig 29
1841Sanguinolaria okeni Münster p. 142
1841Posidonomya wengensis Wissmann p. 23 figs. Pl 16, fig 12
1865Posidonomya wengensis Laube p. 76 figs. Pl 20, fig 12
1912Posidonia wengensis Frech
1912Posidonia wengensis Kittl
1924Posidonia wengensis Krumbeck
1927Posidonia wengensis Ogilvie Gordon
1987Posidonia wengensis Vörös
2019Bositra wengensis Friesenbichler 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
specieswengensis()

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 wengensis Wissmann 1841
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Invalid names: Sanguinolaria alpina Münster 1841 [synonym], Sanguinolaria okeni Münster 1841 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available