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Vorkutella

Bivalvia - Solemyida - Solemyidae

Taxonomy
Vorkutella was named by Muromtseva and Guskov (1984) [Sepkoski's age data: P Sepkoski's reference number: ZR76]. It is not extant. Its type is Vorkutella dembskaja.

It was assigned to Solemyidae by Muromtseva and Guskov (1984); and to Solemyoida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
V. dembskaja (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1984Vorkutella Muromtseva and Guskov p. 35
2002Vorkutella Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
RankNameAuthor
Eubivalvia
subclassProtobranchia(Pelseneer 1889)
superorderNuculiformiiDall 1889
orderSolemyidaNewell 1965
superfamilySolemyoideaAdams and Adams 1857
familySolemyidaeAdams and Adams 1857
genusVorkutella

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.

G. †Vorkutella Muromtseva and Guskov 1984
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Vorkutella dembskaja Muromtseva and Guskov 1984
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitef
Entire body: yesf
Adult length: 10 to < 100f
Adult width: 1.0 to < 10f
Adult height: 10 to < 100f
Thickness: thinf
Reinforcement: nof
Ontogeny: accretionf
Environment: lagoonal, coastal, inner shelf, outer shelf, oceanicf
Locomotion: facultatively mobilef
Life habit: infaunalf
Diet: deposit feederf
Diet 2: chemosymbioticf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2008-11-15 10:20:27
Modified: 2009-09-21 15:59:49
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Mikkelsen and Bieler 2008

Age range: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Kungurian or 303.70000 to 274.40000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian - Asselian303.7 - 293.52Russian Federation V. sp. (202199)
Kungurian283.3 - 274.4Russian Federation V. dembskaja (114443)