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Vermetus (Bivonia)

Gastropoda - Vermetidae

Taxonomy
Bivonia was named by Gray (1842) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m R Sepkoski's reference number: 914]. It is extant.

It was reranked as Vermetus (Bivonia) by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995).

It was assigned to Vermetus by Pacaud and Le Renard (1995); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1842Bivonia Gray
1995Vermetus (Bivonia) Pacaud and Le Renard p. 157
2002Bivonia Sepkoski

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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)
superfamilyVermetoideaRafinesque 1815
familyVermetidaeRafinesque 1815
genusVermetusDaudin 1800
subgenusBivonia(Gray 1842)

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.

Subg. Vermetus (Bivonia) Gray 1842
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Bivonia cretacea Gabb 1876
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yesf
Life habit: epifaunalf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2009-05-20 09:50:39
Modified: 2009-09-10 10:04:10
Source: f = family, c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Tortonian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 11.63000 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Belgium (Antwerpen) Bivonia triqueter (48092)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774France (Alpes Maritimes) Bivonia cristata (50523)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.58 - 0.774Spain Bivonia triquetra (128383)
Middle Pleistocene0.774 - 0.129Spain Bivonia triquetra (128384)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117Spain Bivonia semisurrecta (128385)