Gervillaria Cox 1951 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Parent taxon: Bakevelliidae according to S. Ros-Franch et al. 2014

See also Hayami 1975 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Aguilerella, Aguileria, Bakevellia, Cassiavellia, Costigervillia, Cultriopsis, Cuneigervillia, Ensipteria, Euptera, Gervillancea, Gervillella, Gervillia, Gervilliopsis, Hoernesia, Kedonella, Kobayashites, Langsonella, Marmaronia, Nanlingella, Panis, Pelsia, Permoperna, Pseudoptera, Songdaella, Tambanella, Towapteria, Virgellia

Subtaxa: Gervillaria (Baryvellia) Gervillaria (Platygervillaria) Gervillaria alaeformis Gervillaria ashcroftensis Gervillaria hartmanni Gervillaria montanaensis Gervillaria neptuni Gervillaria olisiponensis Gervillaria pallas Gervillaria subelegans Gervillaria tibetica

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Type: Gervillaria alaeformis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Argentina (6 collections), Austria (1), Chile (8), Egypt (1), France (1), Germany (4), Italy (2), Japan (8), Mexico (1), Nigeria (2), Serbia and Montenegro (1), Switzerland (1), Turkmenistan (1), Ukraine (1), the United Kingdom (4)

• Jurassic of Argentina (10), Canada (29: British Columbia), Chile (16), Cuba (1), France (1), Iran (1), United States (7: Utah, Wyoming)

• Triassic of Austria (31), Bosnia and Herzegovina (1), China (7), Croatia (1), Germany (1), Hungary (2), Iran (3), Italy (1), Mexico (2), Romania (1), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (6: Nevada)

Total: 164 collections including 170 occurrences

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