Basterotia Explained

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

This genus has a cosmopolitan distribution.

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 (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 (Hanley, 1843)
• Basterotia recluzi (A. Adams, 1864)
• Basterotia stimpsoni (A. Adams, 1864)
• Basterotia subalata (Gatliff & Gabriel, 1910)
• Basterotia tricostalis 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). [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): 164-169
• Gray, J. E. (1842). Molluscs. Pp. 48-92, in: Synopsis of the contents of the British Museum, edition 44. British Museum. London. iv + 308 p
• Goto, 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

Notes and References

1. Web site: Basterotia M.Hörnes, 1859 . www.gbif.org . 26 March 2021 . en.