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Vulvulina

Lituolida - Lituolidae

Taxonomy
Vulvulina is a genus. It is extant.

It was assigned to Textulariidae by Sullivan (1962); and to Foraminiferida by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1962Vulvulina Sullivan p. 253
2002Vulvulina Sepkoski

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
orderLituolida
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyLituoloidea
familyLituolidaede Blainville 1825
familyTextulariidaeEhrenberg 1838
genusVulvulina

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.

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Vulvulina curta Cushman and Siegfus 1935
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalo
Diet: omnivoreo
Created: 2007-11-28 00:47:02
Modified: 2009-05-20 05:31:44
Source: o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Paleocene to the top of the Gelasian or 66.00000 to 1.80600 Ma

Collections (7 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Paleocene66.0 - 56.0Canada (Nova Scotia) V. spinosa (141910)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0USA (California) V. curta (185234)
Bartonian - Priabonian41.3 - 33.9Canada (British Columbia) V. sp. (209754)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Tonga V. advena (43006)
Oligocene - Miocene33.9 - 5.333Indonesia V. sp., V. pennatula (170615)
Altonian19.0 - 15.9New Zealand V. jablonski, V. pennatula (77491)
Piacenzian - Gelasian3.6 - 1.806Italy V. italica (57058)