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Himatella milleporata

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sestrostomellidae

Taxonomy
Tragos milleporatum was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Limnoretheles milleporatum by Laube (1865); it was recombined as Himatella milleporata by Zittel (1878).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Tragos milleporatum Münster p. 29 figs. Pl 1, fig 17
1865Limnoretheles milleporatum Laube p. 14 figs. Pl 1, fig 19
1878Himatella milleporata Zittel

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familySestrostomellidaeLaubenfels 1955
genusHimatellaZittel 1878
speciesmilleporata()

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.

Himatella milleporata Münster 1841
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteg
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-10-08 02:26:38
Modified: 2007-10-08 04:26:38
Source: g = genus, o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Julian or 235.00000 to 232.00000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy Himatella milleporata (32835 32923)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Himatella milleporata (69650 69671) Tragos milleporatum (137429)