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Stellispongiella tumida

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Stellispongiellidae

Taxonomy
Stellispongiella tumida was named by Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan (1996). Its type specimen is USNM 463662 and is not a trace fossil.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Stellispongiella tumida Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan p. 48 figs. 18.5, 47.1, 60.1-60.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyStellispongiellidae
subfamilyStellispongiellinaeWu 1991
genusStellispongiella
speciestumida

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.

†Stellispongiella tumida Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Capitanian or 264.28000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Stellispongiella tumida (41955 42074)