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Gervilliopsis

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Taxonomy
Gervilliopsis was named by Whitfield (1885) [m. kosnik taxon no: 4216]. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Bakevelliidae by Vokes (1980).

Species
G. ensiformis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1885Gervilliopsis Whitfield
1980Gervilliopsis Vokes p. 38

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
—OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
—OstreioniFerussac 1822
—OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyBakevelliidae
genusGervilliopsisWhitfield 1885

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.

G. †Gervilliopsis Whitfield 1885
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†Gervilliopsis ensiformis Conrad 1858
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Early/Lower Campanian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 83.60000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (North Carolina) Gervillia ensiformis (190554 190579)
Early/Lower Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (New Jersey) Gervillia ensiformis (88610)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Delaware) G. sp. (6171 6176)
Late/Upper Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Tennessee) G. ensiformis (88357)
Middle Campanian83.6 - 72.2USA (Mississippi) G. sp. (6666)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Gervillia ensiformis (4269)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Gervillia ensiformis (4243 4255 4259 4276 4285)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Gervillia ensiformis (4123 4125 4126 4127 4128 4132 4134 4137 4147)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Gervillia ensiformis (4202)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Gervillia ensiformis (5554 5557)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (New Jersey) Gervillia ensiformis (1313 4378 4380)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Alabama) Gervillia ensiformis (1306 1308)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Tennessee) G. sp., G. ensiformis (205445)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) Gervillia ensiformis (1303 1304 1391)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Georgia) Gervillia ensiformis (1309)
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0USA (Texas) Gervillia ensiformis (1297 1392) G. ensiformis extensa (7582) G. extensa (7480)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian - Early/Lower Paleocene72.2 - 61.66USA (New Jersey) G. ensiformis (26819)