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Gervillia

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Taxonomy
Gervillia was named by Defrance (1820) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Olen-u K Maes Sepkoski's reference number: 914].

It was corrected as Gervilleia by Maury (1936) and Lucas et al. (2007).

It was assigned to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Bivalvia by Maury (1936) and Lucas et al. (2007); and to Bakevelliidae by Vokes (1980), Tashiro (1988), Hessel (2004), Mello et al. (2007), Scholz et al. (2008) and Ros-Franch et al. (2014).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1820Gervillia Defrance
1936Gervilleia Maury p. 98
1980Gervillia Vokes p. 38
1988Gervillia Tashiro p. 287
2002Gervillia Sepkoski
2004Gervillia Hessel p. 70
2007Gervilleia Lucas et al. p. 146
2007Gervillia Mello et al. p. 64
2008Gervillia Scholz et al.
2014Gervillia Ros-Franch et al.

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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
genusGervilliaDefrance 1820

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. †Gervillia Defrance 1820
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Subg. †Gervilleia (Angustella) Waagen 1907
Gervilleia arcuata Bittner 1895
Gervilleia bosniaca Kittl 1903
Gervilleia dissita White 1887
Gervilleia ensis Bittner 1901
Gervilleia immatura Bittner 1895
Gervilleia koatensis Krumbeck 1924
Gervilleia latobica Bittner 1901
Gervilleia meneghinii Tommasi 1900
Gervilleia modiola Frech 1912
Gervilleia regoi Maury 1936
Gervilleia scythica Krumbeck 1924
Gervilleia ussurica Kiparisova 1938
Subg. †Gervillia (Cultriopsis) Cossman 1904
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Invalid names: Gervillia epichara Chen 1976 [synonym]
Subg. †Gervillia (Gervillia) Defrance 1820
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Gervillia (Gervillia) metaforbesiana Amano and Matsumoto 1956
Gervillia alata Philippi 1898
Gervillia alatior Imlay 1940
Gervillia alberti Credner 1851
Gervillia albertii Credner 1854
Gervillia angulata Münster 1841
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Invalid names: Gervillia intermedia Münster 1841 [synonym]
Gervillia bipartita Merian 1853
Gervillia bouei Hauer 1857
Gervillia caudata Winckler 1861
Gervillia cholla Stoyanow 1949
Gervillia elipsoidalis Airaghi 1907
Gervillia faberi Winkler 1859
Gervillia fraasi Philippi 1898
Gervillia galeazzi Stoppani 1865
Gervillia gigantea Hyatt 1892
Gervillia hanitschi Newton 1906
Gervillia heinemani Stoyanow 1949
Gervillia inflata Schafhaeutl 1851
Gervillia iraonensis Newton 1895
Gervillia joleaudi Schmidt 1935
Gervillia lamellosa Lepsius 1878
Gervillia latealata Broili 1904
Gervillia linearis Hyatt 1892
Gervillia longa Geinitz 1867
Gervillia mirabilis Lepsius 1878
Gervillia modiola Frech 1904
Gervillia modiolaeformis Giebel 1856
Gervillia mytiloides Schlotheim 1820
Gervillia paronai Broili 1904
Gervillia quadrata Chen 1976
Gervillia quadricostata Jaworski 1922
Gervillia radians Morris and Lycett 1853
Gervillia rasori Stoyanow 1949
Gervillia rostrata Sowerby 1836
Gervillia rothpletzi Broili 1904
Gervillia scrivenori Newton 1923
Gervillia sergipensis Mello et al. 2007
Gervillia solenoidea Defrance 1820
Gervillia subglobosa Credner 1854
Gervillia volanensis Lepsius 1878
Gervillia wagneri Winckler 1861
Gervillia yunnanensis Chen 1976
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
valve height36.545.008.706.421.87

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
Comments: Attached, semi-infaunal-epifaunal?, suspension-feeder, attached to wood (McKerrow, 1979)g
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, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Desmoinesian to the top of the Bartonian or 312.80000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (475 total)

Oldest occurrences

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) G. longa (119870)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tanzania (Morogoro) G. elianae, G. stockleyi, G. kidodiensis (41486 41487) G. kidodiensis (41493) G. sp. (41489) G. stockleyi, G. kidodiensis, G. piriformis (41488)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Madagascar (Toliara) G. elianae (41495)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Germany G. sp. (118858 118859 118860 118861)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17Italy G. elipsoidalis (232368)
Early/Lower Triassic252.17 - 247.2Bosnia and Herzegovina Gervilleia sp. (206610)

Youngest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state PBDB collection number
Maastrichtian72.1 - 66.0Mozambique G. solenoides (1376)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Canada (Saskatachewan) G. recta (234104)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany G. solenoides (213668)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Alabama) G. sp. (4255 4256 4262 4270)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Wyoming) G. sp. (1582)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Mississippi) G. sp. (4125 4127 4137)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0USA (Texas) G. sp. (5561 5567 5568) G. wellsi (4498)
Late/Upper Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Poland G. solenoidea (27818 27822 28078 28082)
Danian66.0 - 61.6Poland G. sp. (27625)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0New Zealand G. sp. (64745)