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Bositra limbata

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Posidoniidae

Taxonomy
Posidonia limbata was named by Guo (1985). Its type specimen is IVy 0174, a valve (Left valve, internal mold), and it is a mold. Its type locality is Jiuzhai, Funing County, which is in an Anisian marine horizon in the Baifeng Formation of China.

It was recombined as Bositra limbata by Komatsu et al. (2014).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1985Posidonia limbata Guo p. 154 figs. Pl 15, figs 1,2
2014Bositra limbata Komatsu et al. p. 185 figs. 136.1-136.4

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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
specieslimbata()

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 limbata Guo 1985
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available