''Gervillia'' is an extinct genus of prehistoric

bivalves Bivalvia (), in previous centuries referred to as the Lamellibranchiata and Pelecypoda, is a class of marine and freshwater molluscs that have laterally compressed bodies enclosed by a shell consisting of two hinged parts. As a group, bival ...

belonging to the family

Bakevelliidae Bakevelliidae is an extinct family of prehistoric bivalves that lived from the Late Mississippian until the Middle Eocene.Carboniferous The Carboniferous ( ) is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period million years ago ( Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, million years ago. The name ''Carbonifero ...

period to the

Eocene The Eocene ( ) Epoch is a geological epoch (geology), epoch that lasted from about 56 to 33.9 million years ago (mya). It is the second epoch of the Paleogene Period (geology), Period in the modern Cenozoic Era (geology), Era. The name ''Eocene' ...

period (from about 313.8 to 37.2 million years ago). Fossils of species within this genus have been found in marine sediments all over the world.Paleobiology Database
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Species

Species within this genus include: * † ''Gervillia alaeformis'' Sowerby 1819 * † ''Gervillia alatior'' Imlay 1940 * † ''Gervillia angulata'' Münster 1841 * † ''Gervillia angusta'' Munster 1838 * † ''Gervillia cholla'' Stoyanow 1949 * † ''Gervillia dissita'' White 1887 * † ''Gervillia galcazzi'' Stoppani 1863 * † ''Gervillia heinemani'' Stoyanow 1949 * † ''Gervillia inflata'' Schafhautl * † ''Gervillia iraonensis'' Newton 1895 * † ''Gervillia lanpingensis'' Chen 1976 * † ''Gervillia longa'' Geinitz 1867 * † ''Gervillia metaforbesian''a Amano and Matsumoto 1956 * † ''Gervillia quadrata'' Chen 1976 * † ''Gervillia rasori ''Stoyanow 1949 * † ''Gervillia regoi'' Maury 1936 * † ''Gervillia sergipensis''Mello et al. 2007 * † ''Gervillia simbaiana'' Skwarko 1967 * † ''Gervillia solenoidea'' Defrance 1820 * † ''Gervillia ussurica'' Kiparisova 1938 * † ''Gervillia yunnanensis'' Chen 1976

References

* LHC DE MELLO - 200
A NEW SPECIES OF GERVILLIA DEFRANCE (BIVALVIA, BAKEVELLIIDAE) FROM THE APTIAN-ALBIAN TRANSITION OF SERGIPE, BRAZIL
Prehistoric bivalve genera {{bivalve-stub