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Gervilleioperna ✝

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Source Data

Source	ID	Link
Global Biodiversity Information Facility ID (GBIF)	4592358	https://www.gbif.org/species/4592358
PaleoBioDB ID (PBDB)	16676	https://paleobiodb.org/classic/checkTaxonInfo?taxon_no=16676

Rank

genus

Taxonomy (GBIF)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Pteriidae : Gervilleioperna

Taxonomy (PBDB)

Life : Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Ostreida : Malleidae : Gervilleioperna

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	Malleidae	Lamarck 1819
subfamily	Isognomoninae
genus	Gervilleioperna	Krumbeck 1923

Scientific Name

Gervilleioperna Krumbeck, 1923

Name Published In

Paläontologie, Timor, 12

Opinions (PBDB)

Name	Rank	Opinion	Evidence	Author
Gervilleioperna	genus	belongs to Pernidae	stated with evidence	Krumbeck, 1923
Gervilleioperna	genus	belongs to Isognomonidae	stated with evidence	Vokes, 1980
Gervilleioperna	genus	belongs to Pterioida	second hand	Sepkoski, 2002
Gervilleioperna	genus	belongs to Bakevelliidae	stated without evidence	Ros-Franch et al., 2014

Status (PBDB)

extinct

Taxon Size (PBDB)

First Recorded Appearance

199 - 191 Ma
Early Jurassic

Last Recorded Appearance

174 - 170 Ma
Middle Jurassic

Environment

marine,brackish (based on Ostreida)

Motility

stationary, attached (based on Isognomoninae)

Vision

blind (based on Bivalvia)

Diet

suspension feeder (based on Isognomoninae)

Taphonomy

aragonite, low Mg calcite (based on Isognomoninae)

Primary Reference (PBDB)

L. Krumbeck. 1923. Zur Kenntnis des Juras der Insel Timor: sowie des Aucellen-Horizontes von Seran und Buru. Palaeontologie von Timor 12:1-120

Fossil Distribution

Subtaxa

Name	Status	Common Name(s)	Fossil Occurrences	Oldest	Youngest
Gervilleioperna (Gervilleignoma) ✝ subgenus	listed (PBDB)		9	191 Ma Early Jurassic	174 Ma Middle Jurassic
Gervilleioperna timorensis ✝ species	accepted (GBIF) listed (PBDB)		2	191 Ma Early Jurassic	191 Ma Early Jurassic

Synonymy List

Year	Name and Author
1923	Gervilleioperna Krumbeck
1980	Gervilleioperna Vokes p. 44
2002	Gervilleioperna Sepkoski, Jr.
2014	Gervilleioperna Ros-Franch et al.

References

Krumbeck L. (1923) Zur Kenntnis des Juras der Insel Timor: sowie des Aucellen-Horizontes von Seran und Buru, Palaeontologie von Timor 12, 1-120

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

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

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

Paläontologie, Timor, 12 - 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

Moved to new family following fam. synonymy - 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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