Gervillancea coxiella Skwarko 1967 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Full reference: S. K. Skwarko. 1967. First Upper Triassic and ? Lower Jurassic marine Mollusca from New Guinea. Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics Bulletin 75:39-84

Belongs to Gervillancea according to S. K. Skwarko 1973

See also Skwarko 1967

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: CPC 5087, a valve (left valve). Its type locality is M26, 5 miles north-east from Tabibuga, which is in a Carnian marine siliciclastic in the Jimi Formation of Papua New Guinea.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Papua New Guinea (3 collections)

Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence

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