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Cystauletes mammilosus

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae

Taxonomy
Cystauletes mammilosus was named by King (1943). Its type specimen is U. Kans. 74131 and is not a trace fossil.

It was recombined as Discosiphonella mammilosus by Rigby et al. (1998).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1943Cystauletes mammilosus King p. 32 figs. Pl 1, figs 3,4,5
1977Cystothalamia insolita Termier and Termier p. 43 figs. Pl 10, fig 7
1988Cystauletes mammilosus Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 191 figs. Pl 33, figs 1,3,5; pl 35, fig 19
1998Discosiphonella mammilosus Rigby et al. p. 45 figs. Pl 1, figs 9,10; pl 2, figs 2,3; pl 3, figs 2-4; pl 7, fig 8
2006Cystauletes mammilosus Rigby and Bell p. 17 figs. 5.1, 5.2

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyGuadalupiidae
genusCystauletesInai 1936
speciesmammilosus

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.

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Invalid names: Cystothalamia insolita Termier and Termier 1977 [synonym]
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: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Capitanian or 266.90000 to 259.51000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) Cystauletes mammilosus (41835 41858 41864 41971 41975 41976)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Cystothalamia insolita (42092)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Cystauletes mammilosus (41867 41878 41955 41957 41977 42037 42038)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) Discosiphonella mammilosus (121908 121916 121931)