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Virgola neptunia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Virgolidae

Taxonomy
Virgula neptunia was named by Girty (1909).

It was recombined as Virgola neptunia by Rigby et al. (1998), Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Virgula neptunia Girty p. 74 figs. Pl 7, figs 11,12
1998Virgola neptunia Rigby et al. p. 75 figs. Pl 2, fig 3; pl 3, fig 1; pl 4, fig 14; pl 7, fig 7; pl 8, fig 7; pl 11, figs 4,10; pl 12, figs 6,7,
2004Virgola neptunia Finks et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyVirgolidaeTermier and Termier 1977
subfamilyVirgolinaeTermier and Termier 1977
genusVirgola
speciesneptunia()

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.

Virgola neptunia Girty 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (40 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) Virgola neptunia (47538 47550 47557 47558 47567 47585 47586 47590 47635 47655 47661 47672 47673 47674 47677 47679 47680 47714 47725 47726 47727 47728 47729 47744 47746 47752 47757 47768 47770 47776 47780 95715 95716 107698 121912 121921 121929 121931)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Virgula neptunia (108770 108812)