''Basterotia'' is a genus of small white
bivalves
Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...
in the family
Basterotiidae
Basterotiidae is a family of bivalves belonging to the order Galeommatida.
Genera:
* '' Anisodonta'' Deshayes, 1857
** '' Anisodonta alata'' (Powell, 1952)
** '' Anisodonta alata trigonia'' (Powell
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This genus has a
cosmopolitan distribution
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.
Species
* ''
Basterotia angulata''
(H. Adams, 1871)
* † ''
Basterotia aquitanica''
Cossmann & Peyrot, 1914
* ''
Basterotia arcula''
Melvill, 1898
* † ''
Basterotia biali''
Cossmann & Peyrot, 1909
* ''
Basterotia borbonica''
(Deshayes in Maillard, 1863)
* ''
Basterotia californica''
Durham, 1950
* ''
Basterotia carinata''
Goto, Hamamura & Kato, 2011
* ''
Basterotia clancula''
Cosel, 1995
* ''
Basterotia corbuloidea''
Dall, 1899
* † ''
Basterotia corbuloides''
M. Hörnes, 1859
* ''
Basterotia elliptica''
(Recluz, 1850)
* ''
Basterotia floridana''
Dall, 1903
* ''
Basterotia gouldi
''Basterotia'' is a genus of small white bivalves in the family Basterotiidae.
This genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
* '' Basterotia angulata'' (H. Adams, 1871)
* † '' Basterotia aquitanica'' Cossmann & Peyrot, 1914
* '' Baster ...
''
(A. Adams, 1864)
* ''
Basterotia lutea''
(Dall, Bartsch & Rehder, 1938)
* ''
Basterotia maillardi''
(Deshayes in Maillard, 1863)
* ''
Basterotia obliqua''
Coan, 1999
* ''
Basterotia oblonga''
E. A. Smith, 1890
* ''
Basterotia obtusa''
G. B. Sowerby III, 1894
* ''
Basterotia panamica''
Coan, 1999
* ''
Basterotia peninsularis''
(Jordan, 1936)
* ''
Basterotia pustula''
Nowell-Usticke, 1971
* ''
Basterotia quadrata
''Basterotia'' is a genus of small white bivalves in the family Basterotiidae.
This genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
* '' Basterotia angulata'' (H. Adams, 1871)
* † '' Basterotia aquitanica'' Cossmann & Peyrot, 1914
* '' Baster ...
''
(Hanley, 1843)
* ''
Basterotia recluzi
''Basterotia'' is a genus of small white bivalves in the family Basterotiidae.
This genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
* '' Basterotia angulata'' (H. Adams, 1871)
* † '' Basterotia aquitanica'' Cossmann & Peyrot, 1914
* '' Baster ...
''
(A. Adams, 1864)
* ''
Basterotia stimpsoni
''Basterotia'' is a genus of small white bivalves in the family Basterotiidae.
This genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
* '' Basterotia angulata'' (H. Adams, 1871)
* † '' Basterotia aquitanica'' Cossmann & Peyrot, 1914
* '' Baster ...
''
(A. Adams, 1864)
* ''
Basterotia subalata
''Basterotia'' is a genus of small white bivalves in the family Basterotiidae.
This genus has a cosmopolitan distribution
In biogeography, cosmopolitan distribution is the term for the range of a taxon that extends across all or most of the ...
''
(Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910)
* ''
Basterotia tricostalis
''Basterotia'' is a genus of small white bivalves in the family Basterotiidae.
This genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.
Species
* '' Basterotia angulata'' (H. Adams, 1871)
* † '' Basterotia aquitanica'' Cossmann & Peyrot, 1914
* '' Baster ...
''
G. B. Sowerby III, 1897
;Synonyms:
* ''Basterotia angulata''
(S. V. Wood, 1857): synonym of ''
Basterotina angulata''
(S. V. Wood, 1857)
* ''Basterotia caledonica''
(P. Fischer, 1886): synonym of ''Basterotia angulata''
(H. Adams, 1871)
* ''Basterotia dubia''
(Lamy, 1925): synonym of ''Basterotia angulata''
(H. Adams, 1871)
* ''Basterotia ecuadoriana''
Olsson, 1961: synonym of ''Basterotia peninsularis''
(E. K. Jordan, 1936)
* ''Basterotia hertleini''
Durham, 1950: synonym of ''Basterotia peninsularis''
(E. K. Jordan, 1936)
* ''Basterotia spaldingi''
(Jousseaume in Lamy, 1925): synonym of ''Basterotia arcula''
Melvill, 1898
* ''Basterotia trapezium''
Yokoyama, 1920: synonym of ''Paramya recluzi''
(A. Adams, 1864): synonym of ''Basterotia recluzi''
(A. Adams, 1864)
References
* Olsson A.A. & Harbison A. (1953). Pliocene Mollusca of southern Florida with special reference to those from North Saint Petersburg. Monographs of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 8: 1-457, pls. 1-65.
* Coan, E. V.; Valentich-Scott, P. (2012). Bivalve seashells of tropical West America. Marine bivalve mollusks from Baja California to northern Peru. 2 vols, 1258 pp.
External links
Hörnes M. (1859). haraktere eines neuen Bivalven-Geschlechtes">Hörnes M. (1859). [Charaktere eines neuen Bivalven-Geschlechtes Verhandlungen des Zoologisch-Botanischen Vereins in Wien. 9: 71-72
Récluz, C. A. (1850). Monographie d'un nouveau genre de coquilles bivalves, G. Eucharis. Journal de Conchyliologie. 1(2): 164-169Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 pGoto, R.; Hamamura, Y.; Kato, M. (2011). Morphological and ecological adaptation of Basterotia bivalves (Galeommatoidea: Sportellidae) to symbiotic association with burrowing echiuran worms. Zoological Science. 28 (3): 225-234
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