''Basterotia'' is a genus of small white

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in the family Basterotiidae. This genus has a

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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'' (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
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