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Vacunella camachoi

Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae

Taxonomy
Vacunella camachoi was named by Rocha-Campos and de Carvalho (1975). Its type specimen is GP/IT 1200 and is a mold. Its type locality is Arroyo Piedra Azul, Bed BM6, Sierra Pillahuinco (GP/IT coll), which is in a Sakmarian marine shale in the Bonete Formation of Argentina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1975Vacunella camachoi Rocha-Campos and de Carvalho p. 188 figs. Pl 1, figs 7-16

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
RankNameAuthor
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
superfamilyGrammysioideaMiller 1877
familySanguinolitidaeMiller 1877
subfamilyVacunellinae(Astafieva-Urbajtis 1973)
genusVacunella
speciescamachoi

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.

†Vacunella camachoi Rocha-Campos and de Carvalho 1975
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height224.023.025.024.01.41

Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: facultatively mobilec
Life habit: deep infaunalg
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-10-12 12:36:21
Modified: 2009-10-12 14:36:21
Source: g = genus, c = class
References: Clapham 2015, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: Sakmarian or 293.52000 to 290.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Argentina Vacunella camachoi (type locality: 136204)