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Vacunella curvata

Bivalvia - Sanguinolitidae

Taxonomy
Allorisma curvatum was named by Morris (1845). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Illawarra (Strzelecki coll), which is in a Wordian coastal siliciclastic in the Gerringong Formation of Australia.

It was recombined as Pholadomya (Homomya) curvata by Dana (1849); it was recombined as Sanguinolites curvatus by de Koninck (1877); it was recombined as Vacunella curvata by Runnegar (1967), Waterhouse (1967), Waterhouse (1969), Waterhouse (1983), Muromtseva and Guskov (1984), Waterhouse (1987), Waterhouse (1988), Dickins (1989), Astafieva-Urbajtis (1990) and Biakov (2019).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1845Allorisma curvatum Morris p. 270 figs. Pl. 10, fig. 15
1847Allorisma audax Dana p. 153
1847Allorisma curvatum M'Coy p. 300
1849Pholadomya (Homomya) audax Dana p. 687 figs. Pl 3, fig 1
1849Pholadomya (Homomya) glendonensis Dana p. 687 figs. Pl 2, fig 12
1849Pholadomya (Homomya) curvata Dana p. 688 figs. Pl 3, fig 2
1876Sanguinolites mitchellii de Koninck p. 261 figs. Pl 16, figs 3,3a
1877Sanguinolites curvatus de Koninck p. 207
1892Chaenomya bowenensis Etheridge Jr p. 280
1910Chaenomya mitchelli Laseron p. 209
1967Vacunella curvata Runnegar p. 63 figs. Pl 7, figs 15,16; pl 8, figs 1-9; pl 9, figs 15-17; pl 11, fig 14; pl 12, figs 9,10
1967Vacunella curvata Waterhouse
1969Vacunella curvata Waterhouse p. 71
1983Vacunella curvata Waterhouse p. 252 figs. Pl 5, fig 10
1984Vacunella curvata Muromtseva and Guskov p. 95 figs. Pl 48, fig 1
1987Vacunella curvata Waterhouse p. 173 figs. Pl 13, fig 14; pl 14, fig 7
1988Vacunella curvata Waterhouse p. 200 figs. Pl 19, figs 13, 14; pl 20, fig 4
1989Vacunella curvata Dickins p. 69 figs. Pl 1, fig 15
1990Vacunella curvata Astafieva-Urbajtis p. 3 figs. Pl 5, fig 1
2019Vacunella curvata Biakov p. 247 figs. Pl 4, fig 27

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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
speciescurvata()

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 curvata Morris 1845
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Invalid names: Allorisma audax Dana 1847 [synonym], Chaenomya bowenensis Etheridge Jr 1892 [synonym], Pholadomya (Homomya) glendonensis Dana 1849 [synonym], Sanguinolites mitchellii de Koninck 1876 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
J. B. Waterhouse 1987Elongate to subelongate weakly prosocline shells, umbones anterior, posterior dorsal face concave.
Measurements
partNmeanminimummaximummedians.d.
shell height740.49.5090.043.029.3
valve height637.88.9476.244.423.9

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: base of the Gzhelian to the top of the Changhsingian or 303.70000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (65 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Gzhelian - Asselian303.7 - 295.5Russian Federation Vacunella curvata (202199)
Sakmarian293.52 - 290.1Russian Federation Vacunella curvata (102160)
Kungurian - Roadian279.3 - 268.8Australia (New South Wales) Vacunella curvata (135943 136655)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (Tasmania) Vacunella curvata (105423)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Australia (New South Wales) Chaenomya mitchelli (161842) Vacunella curvata (136665)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (Queensland) Vacunella curvata (136658)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28New Zealand (Nelson) Vacunella curvata (41797)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28New Zealand (Southland) Vacunella curvata (41767)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Australia (New South Wales) Allorisma curvatum (120474 133342 133343 134048) Pholadomya curvata, Allorisma audax (133336) Pholadomya glendonensis (98110) Vacunella curvata (105157 135942 136654 136663 136664 136667)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28New Zealand Vacunella curvata (52843 52897)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51New Zealand (Southland) Vacunella curvata (41788 41789)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Tasmania) Vacunella curvata (51314 82836 83176 86153 105430 105431 105432 105433 105434)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17Australia (Queensland) Vacunella curvata (83195 83207 83216 83219 83265 83266 85885 89399 101569 104740 107356 116751 120331 120333 120336 120338 120340 120539 120661 120667 133746 135926 136656 136657 136659 136660 136661 136662)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Fujian) Vacunella curvata (111730)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17New Zealand Vacunella curvata (98149)