Bakevellia elegans Gemmellaro 1896 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Full reference: G. G. Gemmellaro. 1896. La Fauna de Calcari con Fusulina della Valle del Fiume Sosio nella Provincia di Palermo - Pelecypoda. Giornale di Scienze Naturali e Economiche 21:183-220

Belongs to Bakevellia according to G. G. Gemmellaro 1896

Sister taxa: Bakevellia (Bakevellia), Bakevellia (Bakevelloides), Bakevellia (Boreiobakevellia), Bakevellia (Costibakevellia), Bakevellia (Integribakevellia), Bakevellia (Maizuria), Bakevellia (Neobakevellia), Bakevellia (Spia), Bakevellia bicarinata, Bakevellia castelli, Bakevellia costata, Bakevellia dianxiensis, Bakevellia exporrecta, Bakevellia furtiva, Bakevellia gejiuensis, Bakevellia incurvata, Bakevellia jiangheensis, Bakevellia jiuzhaiensis, Bakevellia kingi, Bakevellia ladina, Bakevellia leshanensis, Bakevellia lunaris, Bakevellia luojiaduensis, Bakevellia nikitowkensis, Bakevellia pannonica, Bakevellia peralta, Bakevellia prora, Bakevellia qinglongensis, Bakevellia shanglanensis, Bakevellia silberlingi, Bakevellia subpannonica, Bakevellia sulcata, Bakevellia tealei, Bakevellia trigona, Bakevellia ungunica, Bakevellia xinzhaiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio, which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Pietra di Salomone, calcare grossolano, Sosio

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