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Vaccinites fortisi

Bivalvia - Hippuritida - Hippuritidae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species

Tetravaccinites collignoni, V. archiaci (syn. Hippurites sulcatus, V. cornuvaccium, V. praeespagnicus), V. sulcatus, V. vesiculosus, V. vredenburgi

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Hippurites cornuvaccinum, Hippurites giganteus, Hippurites inaequicostatus, Hippurites oppeli, Hippurites oppeli, V. alpinus, V. atheniensis, V. bacevicensis, V. beaussetensis, V. boehmi, V. braciensis, V. carinthiacus, V. chalmasi, V. chaperi, V. conicus, V. conicus, V. corbaricus, V. cornuvaccinum, V. cornuvaccinum, V. crassicostatus, V. darwasensis, V. dentatus, V. galloprovincialis, V. gaudry, V. gaudryi, V. gaundry, V. giganteus, V. giganteus, V. gosaviensis, V. gosaviensis, V. grossouvrei, V. inaequicostatus, V. inaequicostatus, V. inaequicostatus, V. inaequicostatus, V. inferus, V. jullieni, V. kuehni, V. ljalintzensis, V. loftusi, V. loftusii, V. macgillavryi, V. macgillavyri, V. marticensis, V. moulinsi, V. oppeli, V. oppeli, V. orientalis, V. petrocoriensis, V. praecorbaricus, V. praegiganteus, V. praepetrocoriensis, V. praesulcatus, V. ptoonensis, V. robustus, V. romanowskii, V. rousseli, V. russeli, V. salopeki, V. taburni, V. taburnii, V. turkestanensis, V. ultimus, V. vermunti, V. zurcheri

Synonymy list

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Cardiomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiidia	Ferussac 1822
—	Cardiata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Cardiiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Hippuritida	()
suborder	Radiolitidina
superfamily	Radiolitoidea	Gray 1848
family	Hippuritidae	Gray 1848
genus	Vaccinites	Fischer 1887
species	fortisi

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.

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Santonian to the top of the Campanian or 85.70000 to 72.20000 Ma

Collections (12 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Coniacian - Santonian	89.8 - 83.6	Italy	Vaccinites fortisi (138398 138399)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Italy (Benevento)	Vaccinites fortisi (162615)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Italy (Frosinone)	Vaccinites fortisi (162614)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Italy (Salemo)	Vaccinites fortisi (162621)
Santonian	85.7 - 83.6	Italy (Rome)	Vaccinites fortisi (162613)
Late/Upper Santonian - Early/Lower Campanian	85.7 - 72.2	Italy	Vaccinites fortisi (138400)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Hungary	Vaccinites fortisi (74809)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Italy (Salemo)	Vaccinites fortisi (162622)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Italy (Frosinone)	Vaccinites fortisi (162617)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Italy (Rome)	Vaccinites fortisi (162616)
Early/Lower Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	Italy (Benevento)	Vaccinites fortisi (162618)