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Virgola rigida

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Virgolidae

Taxonomy
Virgula rigida was named by Girty (1909).

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Virgula rigida Girty p. 74 figs. Pl 7, fig 13
1998Virgola rigida Rigby et al. p. 76 figs. Pl 10, figs 4,5,10; pl 13, figs 1-4
2004Virgola rigida 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
speciesrigida()

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 rigida 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 (18 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) Virgola rigida (47551 47574 47577 47670 47674 47677 47700 47714 47715 47726 47764 47773 95716 107698 121924)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Virgula rigida (108770 108800) Virgula rigida, Virgula rigida (108812)