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Auriculospongia auriculata

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae

Taxonomy
Phacellopegma auriculata was named by Termier and Termier (1955). It is the type species of Auriculospongia.

It was recombined as Auriculospongia auriculata by Termier and Termier (1977), Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan (1996).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1955Phacellopegma auriculata Termier and Termier p. 625 figs. 9a-b
1977Auriculospongia auriculata Termier and Termier p. 29 figs. Pl 8, figs 1-4
1996Auriculospongia auriculata Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan p. 26 figs. 1.1-1.2, 2.1-2.4, 2.10, 44.1-44.2, 54.1-54.2, 71.1-71.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyAuriculospongiidae
subfamilyAuriculospongiinaeTermier and Termier 1977
genusAuriculospongiaTermier and Termier 1977
speciesauriculata(Termier and Termier 1955)

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.

†Auriculospongia auriculata Termier and Termier 1955
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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: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) Auriculospongia auriculata (41836 41864 41975)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Auriculospongia auriculata (42092)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Auriculospongia auriculata (41837 41854 41870 41878 41879 41955 41956 41962 41977 41978 42003 42007 42008 42021 42026 42027 42032 42035 42043 42044 42045 42047 42076 42080 42082)