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Gervillia longa

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Taxonomy
Gervillia longa was named by Geinitz (1867). It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Avicula longa by Meek (1872) and Meek and Worthen (1873); it was recombined as Pteria longa by Beede (1900) and Hoare (1961).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1867Gervillia longa Geinitz
1872Avicula longa Meek p. 100 figs. pl. 9 f. 8
1873Avicula longa Meek and Worthen p. 578 figs. pl. 26 f. 1
1891Gervillia longa White p. 29 figs. Pl 4, fig 2
1900Pteria longa Beede p. 125 figs. pl. 16 f. 4
1961Pteria longa Hoare pp. 113-114 figs. pl. 14 f. 6-7

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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
genusGervilliaDefrance 1820
specieslonga

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.

†Gervillia longa Geinitz 1867
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height18.70

Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationaryg
Attached: yesg
Epibiont: yessuperf
Life habit: semi-infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederg
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-29 17:10:08
Modified: 2009-04-13 13:11:06
Source: g = genus, f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Artinskian or 312.80000 to 279.30000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Desmoinesian312.8 - 306.0USA (Missouri) Pteria longa (70134 70250 70278 70287)
Noginskian301.2 - 300.1USA (Kansas) Pteria longa (11729)
Asselian298.9 - 295.5USA (Kansas) Pteria longa (12302)
Permian298.9 - 251.902USA (Alaska) Pteria longa (112191)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3USA (Texas) Gervillia longa (119870)