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Vulsella

Bivalvia - Ostreida - Malleidae

Taxonomy

Vulsella was named by Ršding (1798) [Sepkoski's age data: T Than R Sepkoski's reference number: 1066]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pterioida by Sepkoski (2002); to Vulsellidae by Eames (1951), Bouchet et al. (2010); and to Malleidae by Adegoke (1977), Vokes (1980), Moore (1983), Lamprell and Healy (1998), Moneer et al. (2024).

Species

V. (Vulsella), V. angusta, V. clarki, V. deperdita, V. grandicubitus, V. laevigata, V. legumen, V. pakistanica, V. vulsella, V. walleri

Species lacking formal opinion data

V. aegyptiaca, V. corbarica, V. dubia, V. dubia, V. elongata, V. eymari, V. falcata, V. flichei, V. granellensis, V. kochii, V. leymeriei, V. maestrei, V. monmouthensis, V. pseudocrispata, V. tarrantana

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1798	Vulsella Ršding
1951	Vulsella Eames p. 335
1977	Vulsella Adegoke p. 231
1980	Vulsella Vokes p. 46
1983	Vulsella Moore p. A87
1998	Vulsella Lamprell and Healy p. 112
2002	Vulsella Sepkoski
2010	Vulsella Bouchet et al.
2024	Vulsella Moneer et al.

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa
phylum	Mollusca
class	Bivalvia
—	Eubivalvia
subclass	Autobranchia	(Groblen 1894)

Rank	Name	Author
infraclass	Pteriomorphia	(Beurlen 1944)
—	Ostreomorphi	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreioni	Ferussac 1822
—	Ostreata	Ferussac 1822
superorder	Ostreiformii	Ferussac 1822
order	Ostreida	(Fërussac 1822)
suborder	Malleidina	Gray 1854
superfamily	Pterioidea	Gray 1847
family	Malleidae	Lamarck 1819
genus	Vulsella	Ršding 1798

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. Vulsella Ršding 1798

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Subg. Vulsella (Vulsella) Röding 1798

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†Vulsella (Vulsella) crispata Fischer 1871

†Vulsella angusta Deshayes 1858

†Vulsella clarki Vokes 1939

†Vulsella deperdita Lamarck 1819

†Vulsella grandicubitus Eames 1951

†Vulsella laevigata Tate 1886

†Vulsella legumen d'Archiac and Haime 1854

†Vulsella pakistanica Eames 1951

Vulsella vulsella Linnaeus 1758

†Vulsella walleri Adegoke 1977

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

low Mg calciteo

Environment:

marine, brackisho

Locomotion:

stationarysuperf

Attached:

yessuperf

Epibiont:

yessuperf

Life habit:

epifaunalsuperf

Diet:

suspension feedersuperf

Vision:

blindc

Created:

2009-09-09 13:52:56

Modified:

2009-09-09 15:53:09

Source: superf = superfamily, o = order, c = class

References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Sanchez Roig 1926, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Cenomanian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 100.50000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 93.9 Ma

Collections (48 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Texas)	V. tarrantana (4654)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Arizona)	V. sp. (2171)
Late/Upper Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	USA (Minnesota)	V. sp. (1989)
Turonian	93.9 - 89.8	Nigeria	V. flichei (3812)
Middle Campanian - Late/Upper Campanian	83.6 - 72.2	USA (New Jersey)	V. monmouthensis (3870 3877)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Spain	V. maestrei (1317)
Maastrichtian	72.2 - 66.0	Morocco	V. sp. (1359)
Selandian	61.66 - 59.24	Nigeria	V. walleri (7791)
Late/Upper Paleocene - Early/Lower Eocene	59.24 - 48.07	USA (California)	V. sp. (237471 237477)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	USA (California)	Ostrea sp. (122294)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Bulgaria (Varna)	V. dubia (102285)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	France	V. corbarica (59788) V. falcata, V. aegyptiaca, V. corbarica, V. leymeriei (59789)
Ypresian	56.0 - 48.07	Libya	V. crispata (42126)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Libya	V. crispata (42125) V. eymari, V. pseudocrispata, V. crispata (42123)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Spain	V. sp. (165187)
Lutetian	48.07 - 41.03	Egypt	V. sp. (41905 76988)
Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene	48.07 - 33.9	Australia (South Australia)	V. laevigata (48443)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Egypt (Fayum)	V. crispata (235098)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Egypt	V. crispata (41911 41912 234893 234894) V. sp. (97545)
Bartonian	41.03 - 37.71	Romania	V. kochii (101879 101882 101883)
Bartonian - Priabonian	41.03 - 33.9	Romania	V. kochii (101876)
Bartonian - Priabonian	41.03 - 33.9	Australia (Western Australia)	V. laevigata (179825)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Somalia	V. falcata, V. legumen, V. crispata (78566)
Late/Upper Eocene	37.71 - 33.9	Australia (Western Australia)	V. laevigata (48441)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Libya	V. crispata (42136 42144 77237)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Bulgaria	V. crispata (102289)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Italy	V. elongata (78617) V. elongata, V. falcata, V. granellensis (78565)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Bulgaria (Kurdzhali)	V. crispata (102294 102356)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Egypt	V. crispata (234887)
Priabonian	37.71 - 33.9	Egypt (Fayum)	V. crispata (235099)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.04 - 15.98	Pakistan	V. legumen (77459)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.58	Japan (Ryukyu)	V. sp. (41598)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Japan	V. vulsella (88886)