Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Mollusca > Class Bivalvia > Subclass Autobranchia > Infraclass Heteroconchia > Subterclass Euheterodonta > Superorder Imparidentia > Order Cardiida > Superfamily Tellinoidea > Family Semelidae

Ervilia W. Turton, 1822

Rank: Genus
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Ervilia castanea (Montagu, 1803)
Ervilia scaliola Issel, 1869

Literature

original description	Turton, W. (1822). Conchylia insularum britannicarum. London: Nattali, and Leicester: Combe. xlvii + 280 pp., 20 pls.
basis of record	Gofas, S.; Le Renard, J.; Bouchet, P. (2001). Mollusca. in: Costello, M.J. et al. (eds), European Register of Marine Species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Patrimoines Naturels. 50: 180-213.
additional source	de Rooij-Schuiling, L. A. (1973). A preliminary report on systematics and distribution of the genus Ervilia Turton, 1822 (Mesodesmatidae, Bivalvia). Malacologia. 14: 235-241.
additional source	Morton, B. & Scott, P. H. (1990). Relocation of Ervilia Turton, 1822 (Bivalvia) from the Mesodesmatidae (Mesodesmatoidea) to the Semelidae (Tellinoidea). The Veliger. 33(3): 299-304.

Genbank

Citation

MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Ervilia W. Turton, 1822. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:138475