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Virgellia simbaiana

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Taxonomy
Gervillia (Gervillia) simbaiana was named by Skwarko (1967). Its type specimen is CPC 5057, a valve (left valve), and it is a mold. Its type locality is H200, 4.5 miles north-east of Tabibuga, which is in a Carnian marine siliciclastic in the Jimi Formation of Papua New Guinea.

It was recombined as Virgellia simbaiana by Muster (1995).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1967Gervillia (Gervillia) simbaiana Skwarko p. 56 figs. Pl 5, figs 7-11
1973Gervillia (Gervillia) simbaiana Skwarko p. 36 figs. Pl 14, fig 9
1995Virgellia simbaiana Muster

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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
genusVirgelliaFreneix 1965
speciessimbaiana()

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.

Virgellia simbaiana Skwarko 1967
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmean
valve height120.9

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: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Carnian or 237.00000 to 228.00000 Ma

Collections (6 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Papua New Guinea Gervillia simbaiana (137268 137269 type locality: 137272 137284 137323 137335)