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Vigorniella

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae

Taxonomy
Vigorniella is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Cyrtodontidae by Cox et al. (1969); and to Arcoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Vigorniella Cox et al. p. N250
2002Vigorniella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
RankNameAuthor
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderCyrtodontidaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
CyrtodontidinaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
superfamilyCyrtodontoidea(Ulrich 1894)
familyCyrtodontidae
genusVigorniella

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 10 to < 100f
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-11 14:48:16
Modified: 2009-10-10 18:12:06
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Pridoli or 423.00000 to 419.20000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pridoli423.0 - 419.2United Kingdom (England) V. regis (232762)