Gervillia fraasi Philippi 1898 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Full reference: E. Philippi. 1898. Die fauna des unteren Trigonodus-Dolomits vom Hühberfeld bei Schwieberdingen und des sogenannten “Cannstatter Kreidemergels”. Jahreshefte des Vereins für Vaterländische Naturkunde in Württemberg 54:145-227

Belongs to Gervillia according to E. Philippi 1898

Sister taxa: Gervilleia (Angustella), Gervilleia arcuata, Gervilleia bosniaca, Gervilleia dissita, Gervilleia ensis, Gervilleia immatura, Gervilleia koatensis, Gervilleia latobica, Gervilleia meneghinii, Gervilleia modiola, Gervilleia regoi, Gervilleia scythica, Gervilleia ussurica, Gervillia (Cultriopsis), Gervillia (Gervillia), Gervillia alata, Gervillia alatior, Gervillia alberti, Gervillia albertii, Gervillia angulata, Gervillia bipartita, Gervillia bouei, Gervillia caudata, Gervillia cholla, Gervillia elipsoidalis, Gervillia faberi, Gervillia galeazzi, Gervillia gigantea, Gervillia hanitschi, Gervillia heinemani, Gervillia inflata, Gervillia iraonensis, Gervillia joleaudi, Gervillia lamellosa, Gervillia lanpingensis, Gervillia latealata, Gervillia linearis, Gervillia longa, Gervillia mirabilis, Gervillia modiola, Gervillia modiolaeformis, Gervillia mytiloides, Gervillia paronai, Gervillia quadrata, Gervillia quadricostata, Gervillia radians, Gervillia rasori, Gervillia rostrata, Gervillia rothpletzi, Gervillia scrivenori, Gervillia sergipensis, Gervillia solenoidea, Gervillia subglobosa, Gervillia volanensis, Gervillia wagneri, Gervillia yunnanensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Hühnerfeld, Schwieberdingen, which is in an Anisian carbonate dolomite in Germany

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hühnerfeld, Schwieberdingen

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