History of the taxon:

Etymology of the name:

Taxon: Vilmaviridae Proposal: 2021.089B.R.Vilmaviridae.zip  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