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Gervillancea coxiella

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Taxonomy
Gervillancea coxiella was named by Skwarko (1967). Its type specimen is CPC 5087, a valve (left valve), and it is a mold. 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. It is the type species of Gervillancea.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Gervillancea coxiella Skwarko p. 54 figs. Pl 7, figs 1-10; text-fig 7
1973Gervillancea coxiella Skwarko p. 37 figs. Pl 13, figs 15,16

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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
genusGervillancea
speciescoxiella

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.

Gervillancea coxiella Skwarko 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height244.443.645.344.51.20

Composition: aragonitef
Composition 2: low Mg calcitef
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Attached: yessuperf
Epibiont: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2007-10-05 02:20:46
Modified: 2007-11-26 09:50:53
Source: f = family, superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 227.30000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 227.3Papua New Guinea Gervillancea coxiella (type locality: 137264 137330 137334)