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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

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(FĂ«russac 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