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Gervillia hanitschi

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Taxonomy
Gervillia hanitschi was named by Newton (1906). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Mount Guthrie, Tanjong Pagar, which is in a Triassic/Jurassic marine mudstone in the Jurong Formation of Singapore.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1906Gervillia hanitschi Newton p. 490 figs. Pl 25, fig 4
1968Gervillia hanitschi Kobayashi and Tamura p. 142

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyBakevelliidae
genusGervilliaDefrance 1820
specieshanitschi

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Gervillia hanitschi Newton 1906
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yessuperf
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:10:08
Modified: 2009-04-13 13:11:06
Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Triassic to the top of the Early/Lower Jurassic or 237.00000 to 174.70000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Triassic - Early/Lower Jurassic237.0 - 174.7Singapore Gervillia hanitschi (type locality: 113863)