Basterotia is a genus of small white bivalves in the family Basterotiidae.[1]

Basterotia
Basterotia arcula
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Mollusca
Class: Bivalvia
Order: Galeommatida
Family: Basterotiidae
Genus: Basterotia
Hörnes, 1859
Type species
Basterotia corbuloides M. Hörnes, 1859
Synonyms
  • Basterotia (Basterotella) Olsson & Harbison, 1953
  • Eucharis Récluz, 1850 (Invalid: junior homonym of Eucharis Latreille, 1804 [Hymenoptera])
  • Harlea Gray, 1842 (Declared nomen oblitum, and Basterotia declared nomen protectum, by Petit (2012))

This genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.[1]

Species

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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

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  1. ^ a b "Basterotia M.Hörnes, 1859". www.gbif.org. Retrieved 26 March 2021.
  • 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.
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