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Bakevellia tealei

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Taxonomy
Gervillia tealei was named by Cox (1936). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is S.855, Tributary of Ruhembe River above confluence with Msolwa River (shale), which is in a Capitanian lacustrine shale in Tanzania.

It was recombined as Bakevellia tealei by Sha (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1936Gervillia tealei Cox p. 42 figs. Pl 4, fig 20
1995Bakevellia tealei Sha p. 90 figs. Pl 25, fig 6

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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(FĂ«russac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyBakevelliidae
genusBakevelliaKing 1848
speciestealei(Cox 1936)

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.

Bakevellia tealei Cox 1936
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Diagnosis
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