Gervillia Defrance 1820 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Alternative spelling: Gervilleia

Synonym: Dalliconcha White 1887

Parent taxon: Bakevelliidae according to M. Tashiro 1988

See also Hessel 2004, Lucas et al. 2007, Maury 1936, Mello et al. 2007, Ros-Franch et al. 2014, Scholz et al. 2008, Sepkoski 2002 and Vokes 1980

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

Subtaxa: 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 fraasi 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

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Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Eocene of New Zealand (1 collection)

• Paleocene of Poland (1)

• Cretaceous of Argentina (2), Austria (1), Bolivia (1), Brazil (5), Canada (2: Alberta, Saskatachewan), Chile (3), Cuba (1), Denmark (1), France (4), Germany (7), Japan (14), Jordan (1), Libya (1), Mexico (2), Mozambique (5), the Netherlands (1), Poland (7), the Russian Federation (1), South Africa (1), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1), Spain (1), Switzerland (1), Tanzania (2), Turkmenistan (1), the United Kingdom (5), United States (42: Alabama, Arizona, Kansas, Minnesota, Mississippi, Montana, New Jersey, North Carolina, Texas, Utah, Wyoming), Venezuela (1)

• Jurassic to Cretaceous of Chile (1)

• Jurassic of Argentina (3), Chile (13), China (1), Denmark (8), Egypt (1), France (5), Germany (2), Greenland (7), India (16), Italy (3), Japan (6), Kenya (2), Madagascar (1), Mexico (1), New Zealand (1), Poland (4), Portugal (4), the Russian Federation (1), Somalia (1), Tanzania (4), the United Kingdom (8), United States (7: Alaska, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Wyoming)

• Triassic to Jurassic of Singapore (1)

• Triassic of Austria (44), Bosnia and Herzegovina (4), Canada (2: British Columbia), Chile (2), China (18), Croatia (2), Germany (12), Greenland (1), Hungary (29), India (2), Indonesia (12), Iran (5), Israel (1), Italy (43), Japan (2), Jordan (1), Malaysia (1), Peru (1), Poland (1), the Russian Federation (5), Singapore (1), Slovenia (2), Spain (14), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (9), Switzerland (1), Tunisia (1), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (3), United States (18: Alaska, California, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Wyoming), Vietnam (2)

• Permian of Germany (4), Italy (1), Madagascar (1), Tanzania (5), United States (3: Alaska, Kansas, Texas)

• Carboniferous of United States (5: Kansas, Missouri)

Total: 476 collections including 526 occurrences

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