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Vorticifex

Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae

Taxonomy
Vorticifex was named by Meek (1870).

It was assigned to Planorbidae by Firby (1966).

Species
V. stewartensis
Species lacking formal opinion data
V. effusa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Vorticifex Meek
1966Vorticifex Firby p. 464

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classGastropoda
RankNameAuthor
orderHeterostropha()
infraclassEuthyneura(Spengel 1881)
—TectipleuraSchrödl et al. 2011
—PanpulmonataJörger et al. 2010
superorderHygrophila(Ferussac 1822)
superfamilyPlanorboideaRafinesque 1815
familyPlanorbidaeRafinesque 1815
genusVorticifexMeek 1870

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. †Vorticifex Meek 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Environment: freshwaterf
Locomotion: actively mobilec
Life habit: epifaunalc
Vision: limitedc
Created: 2017-04-17 10:25:20
Modified: 2017-04-17 10:25:20
Source: f = family, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bush and Bambach 2015

Age range: base of the Pliocene to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 5.33300 to 0.01170 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliocene5.333 - 2.588USA (Oregon) V. effusa (226540)
Late/Upper Pleistocene0.129 - 0.0117USA (California) V. effusa (20273)