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Vaginella floridana

Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Cavoliniidae

Taxonomy
Vaginella floridana was named by Collins (1934) [DISTRIBUTION: Early Miocene; Florida.]. Its type specimen is USNM 371900, a shell, and it is not a trace fossil.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. lapugyensis

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1934Vaginella floridana Collins p. 216 figs. pl. 13, figs. 22-23
1947Vaginella floridana Gardner p. 257

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
RankNameAuthor
classGastropoda
orderOpisthobranchia(Milne-Edwards 1848)
orderThecosomataBlainville 1823
familyCavoliniidaed'Orbigny 1842
genusVaginellaDaudin 1800
speciesfloridanaCollins 1934

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.

†Vaginella floridana Collins 1934
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available