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Gervillella ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4592491	https://www.gbif.org/species/4592491
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16677	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16677

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Bakevelliidae : Gervillella

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Bakevelliidae : Gervillella

Taxonomic Status (GBIF)

accepted

Classification
(PBDB,GBIF)

Rank	Name	Author
-	Eukaryota
-	Opisthokonta	Cavalier-Smith 1987
kingdom	Animalia
-	Bilateria
-	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
-	Protostomia	Grobben 1908
-	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca	Linnaeus 1758
class	Bivalvia	Linnaeus 1758
-	Eubivalvia	Carter 2011
subclass	Autobranchia
infraclass	Pteriomorphia
-	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
-	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida
suborder	Malleidina	Gray 1854
superfamily	Pterioidea	Gray 1847
family	Bakevelliidae	King 1850
genus	Gervillella	Waagen 1907

Scientific Name

Gervillella Waagen, 1907

Name Published In

Abh. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien, 18, Abt. 2

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Gervillella	genus	belongs to Bakevelliidae	stated without evidence	Ronchetti, 1970
Gervillella	genus	belongs to Bakevelliidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Gervillella	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Gervillella	genus	belongs to Bakevelliidae	stated without evidence	El Qot, 2006

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

251 - 247 Ma
Early/Lower Triassic

Last Recorded Appearance

99.6 - 93.5 Ma
Late/Upper Cretaceous

Environment

marine,brackish (based on Ostreida)

Motility

stationary

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Bakevelliidae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

L. Waagen. 1907. Die Lamellibranchiaten der Pachycardientuffe der Seiser Alm nebst vergleichend paläontologischen und phylogenetischen Studien. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 18(2):1-180

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Avicula sublanceolata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gervillella acuta ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Gervillella albertii ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		9	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic	251 Ma Early/Lower Triassic
Gervillella araucana ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		26	197 Ma Early Jurassic	182 Ma Early Jurassic
Gervillella aviculoides ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		53	174 Ma Middle Jurassic	136 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous
Gervillella lanceolata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		7	199 Ma Early Jurassic	161 Ma Jurassic
Gervillella leesi ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		13	201 Ma Early Jurassic	190 Ma Early Jurassic
Gervillella orientalis ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		6	170 Ma Middle Jurassic	166 Ma Middle Jurassic
Gervillella qinghaiensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	168 Ma Middle Jurassic	168 Ma Middle Jurassic
Gervillella sublanceolata ✝ species	listed (PBDB)		12	130 Ma Early/Lower Cretaceous	99.6 Ma Late/Upper Cretaceous
Gervillia acuta species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gervillia lanceolata species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Gervillia orientalis species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB
Perna aviculoides species	accepted (GBIF)	No associated record in PBDB

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1907	Gervillella Waagen
1970	Gervillella Ronchetti p. 54
1980	Gervillella Vokes p. 38
2002	Gervillella Sepkoski, Jr.
2006	Gervillella El Qot p. 28
2008	Gervillella Scholz et al.
2014	Gervillella Ros-Franch et al.

References

Waagen L. (1907) Die Lamellibranchiaten der Pachycardientuffe der Seiser Alm nebst vergleichend paläontologischen und phylogenetischen Studien, Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 18 2, 1-180

Ronchetti C. R. (1970) New contributions to the knowledge of the Jurassic fauna of Karkar (Northeast Afghanistan), Ital. Expedit., Karakorum (K2) Hindu Kush, Scientific Reports IV, Paleontology – Zoology – Botany 2, 43-74

Vokes H. E. (1980) Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue, Genera of the Bivalvia: a systematic and bibliographic Catalogue

Sepkoski, Jr. J. J. (2002) A compendium of fossil marine animal genera, Bulletins of American Paleontology 363, 1-560

El Qot G. M. (2006) Late Cretaceous macrofossils from Sinai, Egypt, Beringeria 36, 3-163

Scholz A., Aberhan M., et al (2008) Early Jurassic bivalves of the Antimonio terrane (Sonora, NW Mexico): Taxonomy, biogeography, and paleogeographic implications, Geological Society of America Special Paper 442, 269-312

Ros-Franch S., Márquez-Aliaga A., et al (2014) Comprehensive database on Induan (Lower Triassic) to Sinemurian (Lower Jurassic) marine bivalve genera and their paleobiogeographic record, Paleontological Contributions 8, 1-219

Museum Victoria KEmu database (Oct 2006) - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Nomenclator Zoologicus. A list of the names of genera and subgenera in zoology from the tenth edition of Linnaeus, 1758 to the end of 2004. Digitised by uBio from vols. 1-9 of Neave (ed.), 1939-1996 plus supplementary digital-only volume. http://ubio.org/NomenclatorZoologicus (as at 2006). - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Sepkoski, J. J., Jr. (2002). A compendium of fossil marine animal genera. Bulletins of American Paleontology. 363, 1-560. - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Abh. Geol. Reichsanst. Wien, 18, Abt. 2 - via The Interim Register of Marine and Nonmarine Genera

Data courtesy of: PBDB: The Paleobiology Database, Creative Commons CC-BY licenced. , GBIF: the Global Biodiversity Information Facility, various licences, iDigBio, various licences, and EOL: The Encyclopedia of Life (Open Data Public Domain). Because fossils are made of minerals too!

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