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Villamilia humboldtii

Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Buchotrigoniidae

Taxonomy
Trigonia humboldtii was named by von Buch (1839).

It was synonymized subjectively with Buchotrigonia abrupta by Cox (1952); it was recombined as Villamilia humboldtii by Cooper and Leanza (2021).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1839Trigonia humboldtii von Buch p. 9 figs. 28-30
2021Villamilia humboldtii Cooper and Leanza p. 122

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
UniomorphiGray 1854
UnioniGray 1854
UnionataGray 1854
orderTrigoniida(Dall 1889)
superfamilyMyophorelloidea(Kobayashi 1954)
MyophorelloidaeKobayashi 1954
familyBuchotrigoniidaeLeanza 1993
genusVillamilia
specieshumboldtii(von Buch 1839)

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.

Villamilia humboldtii von Buch 1839
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
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
Collections
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