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Vulsella legumen

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae

Taxonomy
Vulsella legumen was named by d'Archiac and Haime (1854) [DISTRIBUTION: Middle Eocene-Early Miocene; Pakistan.]. It is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Vulsellopsis legumen by Douvillé (1916).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1854Vulsella legumen d'Archiac and Haime p. 276
1916Vulsellopsis legumen Douvillé p. 41
1980Vulsella legumen Iqbal p. 26

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
RankNameAuthor
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
OstreioniFerussac 1822
OstreataFerussac 1822
superorderOstreiformiiFerussac 1822
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
suborderMalleidinaGray 1854
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyMalleidaeLamarck 1819
genusVulsellaRšding 1798
specieslegumend'Archiac and Haime 1854

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Vulsella legumen d'Archiac and Haime 1854
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Attached: yessuperf
Epibiont: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:52:56
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:53:09
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926

Age range: base of the Late/Upper Eocene to the top of the Early/Lower Miocene or 37.20000 to 15.97000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Eocene37.2 - 33.9Somalia Vulsella legumen (78566)
Early/Lower Miocene23.03 - 15.97Pakistan Vulsella legumen (77459)