History of the taxon:
Etymology of the name:
Taxon: Vilmaviridae; Proposal: 2021.089B.R.Vilmaviridae; : ; ICTV Report: ; Reference:
from the designations V (phoneticlaly "Vi"), L and M, referring to the clusters on the Actinobacteriophage Database that include viruses of the family and addition of the vowel a; the suffix -viridae for family taxa