Gervillia cholla Stoyanow 1949 (oyster)

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Full reference: A. Stoyanow. 1949. Lower Cretaceous stratigraphy in southeastern Arizona. Geological Society of America Memoir 38:1-156

Belongs to Gervillia according to A. Stoyanow 1949

Sister taxa: 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 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

Type specimen: 91548

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Bed 6d - Cholla Mbr, Lowell Fm, Ninety One Hills (Cretaceous of Arizona)

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