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Vaugonia gottschei

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Myophorellidae

Taxonomy

Trigonia gottschei was named by Möricke (1894).

It was recombined as Vaugonia gottschei by Pérez et al. (2008).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Myophorella impressa, Myophorella producta, Myophorella signata, Trigonia moretoni, V. athena, V. chunumayensis, V. chunumayensis, V. compta, V. conradi, V. costata, V. exotica, V. jeletzkyi, V. literata, V. lycetti, V. geniculata, V. kojiwa, V. hispida, V. quiltyi, V. ariminensis, V. awazuensis, V. cayetanoensis, V. cubanensis, V. fukuiensis, V. kodaijimensis, V. namigashira, V. orvillensis, V. postutahensis, V. yambarensis

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1894	Trigonia gottschei Möricke p. 49 figs. Pl 6, figs 7,8
2008	Vaugonia gottschei Pérez et al. p. 92 figs. Pl 16, figs 2,4-6,13

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)
infraclass	Heteroconchia	(Gray 1854)

Rank	Name	Author
—	Uniomorphi	Gray 1854
—	Unioni	Gray 1854
—	Unionata	Gray 1854
order	Trigoniida	(Dall 1889)
superfamily	Myophorelloidea	(Kobayashi 1954)
—	Myophorelloidae	Kobayashi 1954
family	Myophorellidae	Kobayashi 1954
subfamily	Vaugoniinae	(Kobayashi 1954)
tribe	Vaugoniini	(Kobayashi 1954)
genus	Vaugonia	Crickmay 1930
species	gottschei	(Möricke 1894)

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.

†Vaugonia gottschei Möricke 1894

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Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

part	N	mean	minimum	maximum	median	s.d.
shell height	2	21.8	17.0	28.0	22.5	7.78

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

facultatively mobileo

Life habit:

infaunalo

Diet:

suspension feedero

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2004-02-28 12:34:20

Modified:

2004-02-28 14:34:20

Source: o = order, c = class

Reference: Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Bajocian or 192.90000 to 168.20000 Ma

Collections (3 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian	192.9 - 184.2	Chile	Vaugonia gottschei (95114)
Late/Upper Toarcian	180.4 - 174.7	Chile	Vaugonia gottschei (95115)
Bajocian	170.9 - 168.2	Chile (Huasco)	Trigonia gottschei (223382)