Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Alternative combinations: Avicula binneyi, Bakevellia binneyi
Invalid subtaxa: Avicula antiqua Muenster 1836 [replaced name], Avicula discors Brown 1839, Avicula inflata Brown 1839, Bakevellia antiqua Muenster 1836 [replaced name], Bakevellia tumida King 1844, Gervillia (Bakewellia) antiqua Muenster 1836 [replaced name], Gervillia antiqua Muenster 1836 [replaced name], Gervillia tumida King 1844
Full reference: T. Brown. 1839. Description of the fossil shells found at Newton, Manchester. Transactions of the Geological Society of Manchester 1:63-66
Belongs to Bakevellia (Bakevellia) according to H. Prinoth and R. Posenato 2023
See also Brown 1839, de Verneuil 1845, Diedrich 2009, Geinitz 1861, Howse 1848, Howse 1857, King 1850, King 1856, Langenhan 1899, Logan 1967, Newell 1955 and Pattison 1970
Sister taxa: Bakevellia (Bakevellia) ceratophaga, Bakevellia (Bakevellia) gujoensis, Bakevellia (Bakevellia) preromangica, Bakevellia (Bakevellia) rostrata, Bakevellia (Bakevellia) subcostata, Bakevellia (Bakevellia) waltoni
Type specimens:
- Bakevellia (Bakevellia) binneyi: Its type locality is Newtown, River Irk, Bed 4, which is in a Wuchiapingian shallow subtidal packstone in the United Kingdom
- Avicula antiqua:
- Avicula discors: Its type locality is Newtown, River Irk, Bed 4, which is in a Wuchiapingian shallow subtidal packstone in the United Kingdom.
- Avicula inflata: Its type locality is Newtown, River Irk, Bed 4, which is in a Wuchiapingian shallow subtidal packstone in the United Kingdom.
- Bakevellia tumida:
Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Hungary (1 collection)
• Permian of China (1), Greenland (3), Italy (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (4), the United Kingdom (41)
Total: 53 collections including 68 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
Click image to enlarge. Click to access iDigBio record.