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Ervilia

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae

Taxonomy

Ervilia was named by Turton (1822). It is extant. Its type is Mya nitens.

It was assigned to Mesodesmatidae by Turton (1822); to Semelidae by Rosenberg (2005); and to Erviliinae by Glenn (1904), Woodring (1982), Bouchet et al. (2010).

Species

E. castanea, E. chipolana, E. concentrica, E. meyeri, E. nitens (syn. E. venezuelana), E. oregonensis, E. planata, E. subcancellata (syn. E. rostratula), E. triangularis, E. valhosierr

Species lacking formal opinion data

E. antilleana, E. caribbeana, E. concentrata, E. condra, E. dissita, E. dissita, E. dissita, E. dissita, E. dissita, E. exteroaevis, E. exterolaevis, E. gabbi, E. lamelloexteria, E. lata, E. lata, E. lignitica, E. mareana, E. meridionalis, E. nitens, E. podolica, E. podolica, E. polita, E. praepodlica, E. praepodolica, E. pusilla, E. pusillia, E. trigonula

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1822	Ervilia Turton
1904	Ervilia Glenn p. 285
1982	Ervilia Woodring p. 654
2005	Ervilia Rosenberg
2010	Ervilia Bouchet et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Cardiida	Ferussac 1822
suborder	Cardiidina	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioidei	Ferussac 1822
superfamily	Tellinoidea	(Blainville 1814)
family	Semelidae	Stoliczka 1870
genus	Ervilia	Turton 1822

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. Ervilia Turton 1822

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Ervilia castanea Montagu 1803

†Ervilia chipolana Dall 1898

Ervilia concentrica Holmes 1858

†Ervilia meyeri Aldrich 1911

Ervilia nitens Montagu 1808

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Invalid names: Ervilia venezuelana Weisbord 1964 [synonym]

†Ervilia oregonensis Dall 1898

†Ervilia planata Dall 1898

Ervilia subcancellata Smith 1885

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Invalid names: Ervilia rostratula Rehder 1943 [synonym]

†Ervilia triangularis Dall 1898

†Ervilia valhosierr Gardner 1928

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileg

Life habit:

infaunalg

Diet:

suspension feederg

Vision:

blindc

Comments:

LIFE HISTORY: IS, MA, UN, SU according to Todd (2001).g

Created:

2009-09-09 14:23:54

Modified:

2009-09-09 16:23:54

Source: g = genus, c = class

References: Sanchez Roig 1926, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Thanetian to the top of the Holocene or 59.24000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 56.0 Ma

Collections (215 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Thanetian	59.24 - 56.0	USA (Alabama)	E. lignitica (90818 92034 92352 98365)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	USA (Alabama)	E. lignitica, E. meyeri (90600)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Panama	E. sp. (42531)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Oregon)	E. oregonensis (37824)
Rupelian	33.9 - 27.3	USA (Mississippi)	E. exteroaevis (5943) E. exterolaevis (5791 5805 5867 5941 5944 5947 5948 74083) E. lamelloexteria (6002 6003 6004 6005 6006 66309 66310 66312 66313 66314 66315 66316 66317 66318 66319 66320 66321 66322 66323 66325 66326 66327 66328 66329 66330 66331 66332 66333 66334 66335 66336)
Aquitanian	23.04 - 20.45	France (Aquitaine)	E. pusillia, E. sp. (74865)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	USA (New Jersey)	E. sp. (59734 59735)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Italy	E. castanea (178110) E. nitens (178108)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	Germany	E. pusilla (111599)
Burdigalian	20.45 - 15.98	USA (Florida)	E. chipolana (41760 42222 42225 42272 42281 42290 42328 42366 42367 42443 42656 42678) E. planata (42642 42684) E. planata, E. chipolana (42482 42605 42657 42663)
Langhian	15.98 - 13.82	Italy	E. castanea (178116)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Panama	E. valhosierr (52173)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Poland	E. pusilla (51688 51689 51690 51691 70539)
Middle Miocene	15.98 - 11.63	Iran	E. praepodlica (77196) E. praepodolica, E. podolica (77200) E. trigonula (77194)
Badenian	13.82 - 12.8	Belgium	E. pusilla (95167)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	Poland	E. trigonula, E. podolica (70683)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	Kazakhstan	E. dissita (174760)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	Romania	E. sp. (70575)
Serravallian	13.82 - 11.63	USA (Florida)	E. condra (43009) E. condra, E. planata, E. chipolana, E. valhosierr (111204) E. condra, E. planata, E. valhosierr (94810) E. condra, E. valhosierr (43014) E. planata, E. chipolana, E. valhosierr (42886) E. planata, E. valhosierr (42892) E. valhosierr (42888 42889 43024 43047 136943)
Serravallian - Tortonian	13.82 - 7.246	Czechia	E. dissita (173045 173123 173153)
Sarmatian	12.8 - 11.63	Austria	E. sp. (25259 73299)
Sarmatian	12.8 - 11.63	Ukraine (Ternopol')	E. dissita (46116)
Sarmatian	12.8 - 11.63	Romania	E. dissita (183538) E. sp. (72302)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Venezuela	E. sp. (130981)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Belgium	E. pusilla (77868 77869 77870 77871)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama	E. sp. (61342 145521 145522) E. sp. 1, E. sp. 2 (145523) E. valhosierr (52172 52174 93056 93058 93144 93145 93146 93147 93148 93149 93160 93162 93163 93168 93169 93170 93175 93177)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama (Colon)	E. sp. (79783 79784 79785 79790 79791 79792 79984 79985 79996 79997 136014 142895 142897 142898 142899 142901 142902 142906 142910 142913 145531) E. valhosierr (145254 145255 145334 145337 145343 145357) Ervillia sp. (61334)
Tortonian	11.63 - 7.246	Panama (Darien)	E. sp. (136122)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.63 - 5.333	Ecuador (Esmeraldas)	E. meridionalis (60640 60662 60675)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Panama (Bocas del Toro)	E. sp. (135816 135821 135822 135828)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Panama (Bocas)	E. sp. (135944)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Venezuela (Sucre)	E. antilleana, E. caribbeana, E. nitens (41552) E. antilleana, E. mareana, E. nitens (41543) E. antilleana, E. nitens (41541 41554) E. sp. (41545)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Ecuador (Esmeraldas)	E. meridionalis (135043)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	Venezuela	E. antilleana, E. sp., E. nitens (131210) E. nitens (131237) E. sp. (131217)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	USA (North Carolina)	E. lata (59307 68979 79342 79343)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	Jamaica	E. gabbi (58522 69090 69094)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	USA (Florida)	E. lata (59484 59486)
Piacenzian	3.6 - 2.58	Panama (Bocas)	E. sp. (79999)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	USA (Florida)	E. lata, E. polita, E. concentrica (79331) E. polita (41501)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	USA (South Carolina)	Ervillia lata (60944)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	Italy	E. castanea (78312)
Early/Lower Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.774	USA (North Carolina)	E. lata (59315 59316) E. sp. (80033 80035)
Pleistocene	2.58 - 0.0117	Dominican Republic	E. nitens (75425)
Middle Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.129	USA (Florida)	E. concentrata (67069)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Cayman Islands	E. concentrica (80837 80853 80854)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (South Carolina)	Ervillia concentrica (60923 60928 60929 60930 66758) Ervillia polita, Ervillia concentrica (66760) Mesodesma concentrica (66757)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (Florida)	E. polita (41715 96538)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Portugal	E. castanea (122244)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Portugal (Azores)	E. castanea (128466 128470)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	USA (North Carolina)	E. sp. (69045)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Uruguay	E. concentrica (195933)
Holocene	0.0117 - 0.0	USA (Louisiana)	E. concentrica (41935)