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Vanikoro

Gastropoda - Vanikoridae

Taxonomy

Vanikoro was named by Quoy and Gaimard (1832) [Sepkoski's age data: J Tith R Sepkoski's reference number: 909]. It is extant. Its type is Sigaretus cancellatus.

It was assigned to Vanikoridae by Ladd (1972), Wilson (1993), Lozouet (1998) and Todd (2001); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Species

V. cancellata, V. cancellatus, V. japonica, V. rudoi

Species lacking formal opinion data

V. kanakarum

Synonyms

Korovina was named by Iredale (1918) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi R]. It is extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Vanikoro by Bouchet (2012).

It was assigned to Fossaridae by Beu et al. (1990); and to Neotaenioglossa by Sepkoski (2002).

Synonymy list

Year	Name and author
1832	Vanikoro Quoy and Gaimard
1918	Korovina Iredale
1972	Vanikoro Ladd p. 52
1990	Korovina Beu et al. p. 408
1993	Vanikoro Wilson p. 162
1998	Vanikoro Lozouet p. 92
2001	Vanikoro Todd
2002	Korovinia Sepkoski
2002	Vanikoro Sepkoski

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Rank	Name	Author
kingdom	Animalia	()
—	Bilateria
—	Eubilateria	Ax 1987
—	Protostomia
—	Spiralia
superphylum	Lophotrochozoa

Rank	Name	Author
phylum	Mollusca
class	Gastropoda
subclass	Caenogastropoda	(Cox 1959)
superfamily	Vanikoroidea	Gray 1840
family	Vanikoridae	Gray 1840
genus	Vanikoro	Quoy and Gaimard 1832

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. Vanikoro Quoy and Gaimard 1832

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†Vanikoro cancellata Lamarck 1822

Vanikoro cancellatus Lamarck 1822

†Vanikoro japonica Nagao 1934

†Vanikoro rudoi Lozouet 1998

Invalid names: Korovina Iredale 1918 [synonym]

Diagnosis

No diagnoses are available

Measurements

No measurements are available

Composition:

aragonitec

Locomotion:

actively mobilef

Life habit:

epifaunalf

Diet:

grazerf

Vision:

limitedc

Created:

2009-09-10 08:01:16

Modified:

2009-09-10 10:01:16

Source: f = family, c = class

References: Hendy et al. 2009, Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Berriasian to the top of the Late/Upper Pleistocene or 145.00000 to 0.01170 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 139.8 Ma

Collections (23 total)

Time interval	Ma	Country or state	Original ID and collection number
Berriasian	145.0 - 139.8	Greenland	V. sp. (82617)
Cenomanian	100.5 - 93.9	Germany	V. sp. (66779)
Middle Coniacian	89.3 - 85.8	USA (Wyoming)	V. sp. (87765)
Campanian	83.6 - 72.1	USA (Wyoming)	V. ambigua (105717)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	USA (Montana)	V. ambigua (212997)
Late/Upper Campanian	83.5 - 70.6	Israel	V. asiatica (80995)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	Indonesia (Central Java)	V. javana (179075)
Lutetian	47.8 - 41.3	France (Centre)	V. cossmanni (178085)
Middle Eocene	47.8 - 37.71	Indonesia	V. javana (70082)
Aquitanian	23.03 - 20.44	France (Aquitaine)	V. rudoi (74865)
Early/Lower Miocene	23.03 - 15.97	Marshall Islands	V. cancellata (43318)
Middle Miocene	15.97 - 11.608	Poland	V. sp. (70539)
Middle Miocene - Late/Upper Miocene	15.97 - 5.333	Pakistan	V. cancellata (55397)
Late/Upper Miocene	11.608 - 5.333	Marshall Islands	V. gueriniana (77976)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Spain	V. sp. (56687)
Messinian	7.246 - 5.333	Fiji	V. gueriniana (78060)
Early/Lower Pliocene	5.333 - 3.6	Venezuela (Sucre)	V. antillensis (41544)
Pliocene	5.333 - 2.588	India	V. rhytidozodes (77658)
Late/Upper Pliocene	3.6 - 2.588	Venezuela	V. pilbryi (131363) V. pilsbryi (131218)
Calabrian	1.8 - 0.774	Costa Rica (Limon)	V. sp. (79845)
Middle Pleistocene - Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.774 - 0.0117	USA (Hawaii)	V. semiplicata (89294)
Late/Upper Pleistocene	0.129 - 0.0117	Marshall Islands	V. kanakarum (43321)