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Vitrinella helicoidea

Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae

Taxonomy
Vitrinella helicoidea was named by Adams (1850) [DISTRIBUTION: Recent; Jamaica.]. It is extant. It is the type species of Vitrinella.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. clarkmartini, V. excavata, V. seminola, V. waltonia

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1850Vitrinella helicoidea Adams p. 3
1897Vitrinella helicoidea Bush

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
subclassCaenogastropoda(Cox 1959)
—Sorbeoconcha(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
—Hypsogastropoda(Ponder and Lindberg 1997)
superfamilyTruncatelloideaGray 1840
familyVitrinellidaeBush 1897
genusVitrinellaAdams 1850
specieshelicoideaAdams 1850

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
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-09-10 07:56:06
Modified: 2009-09-10 09:56:06
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009
Collections
No collection or age range data are available