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Vulsellina

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae

Taxonomy
Vulsellina is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Malleidae by Cox et al. (1969); and to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species
Entered
by J. Sepkoski on 2003-01-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1969Vulsellina Cox et al. p. N333
2002Vulsellina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classBivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassPteriomorphia(Beurlen 1944)
orderOstreida(Fërussac 1822)
superfamilyPterioideaGray 1847
familyMalleidaeLamarck 1819
genusVulsellina

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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Vulsellina lediensis Glibert 1975
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: low Mg calciteo
Environment: marine, brackisho
Locomotion: stationarysuperf
Attached: yessuperf
Epibiont: yessuperf
Life habit: epifaunalsuperf
Diet: suspension feedersuperf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-09-09 13:52:56
Modified: 2009-09-09 15:53:09
Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926
Collections
No collection or age range data are available