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Amorphofungia voluta

Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae

Taxonomy
Achilleum voluta was named by Wissmann (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 Amorphofungia voluta by Laube (1865).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
A. caespitosa, A. multiformis

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Achilleum faundelii Münster p. 26 figs. Pl 1, fig 8
1841Achilleum obscurum Münster p. 27
1841Achilleum voluta Wissmann p. 27
1845Manon poraceum Klipstein p. 282 figs. Pl 19
1865Amorphofungia voluta Laube p. 26 figs. Pl 2, fig 18

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classCalcareaBowerbank 1864
orderCalcaroneaBidder 1898
orderStellispongiida
RankNameAuthor
familyStellispongiidaeDe Laubenfels 1955
subfamilyStellispongiinaeDe Laubenfels 1955
genusAmorphofungiaFromentel 1859
speciesvoluta()

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.

†Amorphofungia voluta Wissmann 1841
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Invalid names: Achilleum faundelii Münster 1841 [synonym], Achilleum obscurum Münster 1841 [synonym], Manon poraceum Klipstein 1845 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available