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Vanuxemia inconstans

Bivalvia - Cyrtodontida - Cyrtodontidae

Taxonomy
Vanuxemia inconstans was named by Billings (1858) [DISTRIBUTION: Ordovician; Canada.]. It is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Vanuxemia inconstans Billings p. 186
1960Vanuxemia inconstans Soot-Ryen and Soot-Ryen p. 100

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
OstreomorphiFerussac 1822
ArcioniGray 1854
orderCyrtodontidaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
CyrtodontidinaScarlato and Starobogatov 1971
superfamilyCyrtodontoidea(Ulrich 1894)
familyCyrtodontidae
genusVanuxemia
speciesinconstansBillings 1858

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.

Vanuxemia inconstans Billings 1858
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Entire body: yesg
Adult length: 10 to < 100g
Adult width: 10 to < 100g
Thickness: thing
Folds: noneg
Ribbing: noneg
Spines: noneg
Internal reinforcement: noneg
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-06-05 11:40:55
Modified: 2009-06-05 13:40:55
Source: g = genus, f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Hendy 2009

Age range: Blackriveran or 457.30000 to 449.60000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Blackriveran457.3 - 449.6Canada (Ontario) Vanuxemia inconstans (55999)