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Virgola

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Virgolidae

Taxonomy
Virgola is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Virgolinae, Virgolidae.

It was assigned to Pharetronida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Virgolinae by Finks et al. (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Virgula Girty
2002Virgola Sepkoski
2002Virgula Sepkoski
2004Virgola Finks et al. p. 596

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

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. †Virgola
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Virgola neptunia Girty 1909
Virgola osiensis de Gregorio 1930
Virgola rigida Girty 1909
Invalid names: Virgula Girty 1909 [replaced]
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: 2009-05-10 01:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Capitanian to the top of the Changhsingian or 264.28000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (53 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (Texas) Virgula neptunia, Virgula rigida (108770) Virgula neptunia, Virgula rigida, Virgula rigida (108812) Virgula rigida (108800)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) V. neptunia (47538 47550 47557 47558 47567 47585 47586 47590 47635 47655 47661 47672 47673 47679 47680 47725 47727 47728 47729 47744 47746 47752 47757 47768 47770 47776 47780 95715 121912 121921 121929 121931) V. neptunia, V. rigida (47674 47677 47714 47726 95716 107698) V. neptunica (24203) V. rigida (47551 47574 47577 47670 47700 47715 47764 47773 121924)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902Greece Virgula sp. (74927)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Hubei) V. osiensis (116661)