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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).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1908Virgula 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 1908
Virgola osiensis de Gregorio 1930
Virgola rigida Girty 1908
Invalid names: Virgula Girty 1908 [replaced]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available