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Gervillella orientalis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Taxonomy
Gervillia orientalis was named by Douvillé (1916). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Gebel Aroussieh (Callovian), which is in a Callovian marine horizon in Egypt.

It was recombined as Gervillella orientalis by Lazar (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
G. alpina, G. aviculcides, G. betacalcis, G. didimtuensis, G. hagenowi, G. olifex

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1916Gervillia orientalis Douville
1916Gervillia orientalis Douvillé p. 59 figs. Pl. 4, Fig. 14-18
2004Gervillella orientalis Lazar

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyBakevelliidae
genusGervillella
speciesorientalis()

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

†Gervillella orientalis Douvillé 1916
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available