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Cuneigervillia

Classification

    Phylum:  
Mollusca
    Class:  
Bivalvia
    Subclass:  
Pteriomorphia
    Order:  
Pterioida
    Suborder:  
Pteriina
    Superfamily:  
Pteriacea
    Family:  
Bakevelliidae
    Formal Genus Name and Reference:  
Cuneigervillia COX, 1954, p. 48
    Type Species:  
Gervillia hagenowii DUNKER, 1846, p. 37, OD


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Fig. C40,6. *C. hagenowii (Dunker), L.Lias., Ger., 6a, LV ext. X1 (Dunker, 1846), 6 b, c, young shells, LV int., RV int., both X2.7 (Philippi, 1897)


Synonyms



Geographic Distribution

Eu.


Age Range

    Beginning Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L.Jur.(L.Lias.)
    Beginning International Stage:  
Hettangian
    Fraction Up In Beginning Stage:  
0
    Beginning Date:  
201.36
    Ending Stage in Treatise Usage:  
L. Cret.
    Ending International Stage:  
Albian
    Fraction Up In Ending Stage:  
100
    Ending Date:  
100.5


Description

Rhomboidal or trapeziform, subequivalve, rather feebly inflated, with terminal or subterminal beaks and oblique, cuneiform body not always distinctly separated from obtuse posterior wing, anterior auricle absent or small




References

Cox, L. R., 1954, Taxonomic notes on Isognomonidae and Bakevellidae: Malacol. Soc. London, Proc., v. 31, pt. 2, p. 46-49, 1 fig. (Dec. 31, 1954).


Museum or Author Information

Dunker, 1846, Philippi, 1897