Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Alternative spellings: Avicula (Pseudoptera), Gervillia (Pseudoptera), Pteria (Pseudoptera), Tardinacara (Pseudoptera)
Parent taxon: Bakevelliidae according to H. E. Vokes 1980
See also El Qot 2006, Meek 1873, Meek 1876, Sepkoski 2002, Speden 1970 and Woods 1911
Sister taxa: Aguilerella, Aguileria, Araripevellia, Bakevellia, Cassiavellia, Costigervillia, Cultriopsis, Cuneigervillia, Ensipteria, Euptera, Gervillancea, Gervillaria, Gervillella, Gervillia, Gervilliopsis, Hoernesia, Kedonella, Kobayashites, Langsonella, Marmaronia, Nanlingella, Panis, Pelsia, Permoperna, Rugoverticula, Songdaella, Tambanella, Towapteria, Virgellia
Subtaxa: Pseudoptera anomala Pseudoptera coerulescens Pseudoptera securiformis Pseudoptera subtortuosa Pseudoptera themedensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of United States (1: Texas collection)
• Cretaceous of Algeria (1), Austria (1), Bolivia (1), Canada (1: Saskatachewan), Egypt (2), France (1), Germany (4), Italy (1), Japan (3), Kazakhstan (1), Lebanon (1), Niger (2), Nigeria (1), Peru (1), Poland (3), Serbia (1), South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (1), the United Kingdom (7), United States (35: Alabama, Arizona, California, Georgia, Mississippi, North Dakota, South Dakota, Texas, Utah)
• Jurassic of France (1)
Total: 70 collections including 72 occurrences
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