Bivalvia - Ostreida - Bakevelliidae

Full reference: H. Chronic. 1952. Molluscan fauna from the Permian Kaibab Formation, Walnut Canyon, Arizona. Geological Society America Bulletin 63(2):95-166

Belongs to Bakevellia according to H. Chronic 1952

Sister taxa: Bakevellia (Bakevellia), Bakevellia (Boreiobakevellia), Bakevellia (Maizuria), Bakevellia (Neobakevellia), Bakevellia albertii, Bakevellia bicarinata, Bakevellia binneyi, Bakevellia castelli, Bakevellia ceratophaga, Bakevellia costata, Bakevellia dianxiensis, Bakevellia elegans, Bakevellia exporrecta, Bakevellia furtiva, Bakevellia gejiuensis, Bakevellia jiangheensis, Bakevellia jiuzhaiensis, Bakevellia ladina, Bakevellia nikitowkensis, Bakevellia peralta, Bakevellia praecursor, Bakevellia sedgwickiana, Bakevellia shanglanensis, Bakevellia silberlingi, Bakevellia subpannonica, Bakevellia sulcata, Bakevellia tealei, Bakevellia ungunica, Bakevellia xinzhaiensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Bottomless Pits, Bed 9, Kaibab Formation, Walnut Canyon, which is in a Roadian shallow subtidal limestone in the Kaibab Formation of Arizona

Ecology: stationary semi-infaunal suspension feeder

Average measurements (in mm): valve length 8.61