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Laccosiphonella merlai

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae

Taxonomy
Amblysiphonella merlai was named by Parona (1933). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Rupe di San Calogero Block, Sosio (Padua collection), which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Laccosiphonella merlai by Aleotti et al. (1986).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1933Thaumastocoelia permosicula Parona
1933Amblysiphonella merlai Parona p. 43 figs. Pl 8, figs 9-11
1977Amblysiphonella protea Termier and Termier p. 42 figs. Pl 12, fig 4
1986Laccosiphonella merlai Aleotti et al. p. 226 figs. Pl 4, figs 2-4; text-fig 1c
1986Amblysiphonella permosicula Aleotti et al. p. 228 figs. Pl 5, figs 2a-b
1988Amblysiphonella merlai Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 179 figs. Pl 23, figs 1-9; pl 25, figs 3-5
1989Amblysiphonella merlai Rigby et al. p. 407 figs. 9.3, 10.1, 10.2
1996Amblysiphonella merlai Weidlich and Senowbari-Daryan p. 29 figs. 5.9, 6.4
1998Amblysiphonella merlai Rigby et al. p. 41 figs. Pl 1, fig 8
2000Amblysiphonella marlay Belyaeva p. 155

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familySebargasiidaeGirty 1908
genusLaccosiphonellaSteinmann 1882
speciesmerlai(Parona 1933)

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.

Laccosiphonella merlai Parona 1933
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Invalid names: Amblysiphonella protea Termier and Termier 1977 [synonym], Thaumastocoelia permosicula Parona 1933 [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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Roadian to the top of the Changhsingian or 274.40000 to 251.90200 Ma

Collections (29 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Roadian274.4 - 266.9Oman Amblysiphonella merlai (24325 82236 82240)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Laccosiphonella merlai, Amblysiphonella permosicula (75474 type locality: 100917)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) Amblysiphonella merlai (41834 41853 41971 41974 41975 41976)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Amblysiphonella protea (42092 42093)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51USA (New Mexico) Amblysiphonella merlai (47534 47749)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51China (Zhejiang) Amblysiphonella marlay (10698)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Amblysiphonella merlai (41850 41854 41855 41868 41877 41878 41879 41955 41963 41977 42031 42038)
Changhsingian254.14 - 251.902China (Guangxi) Amblysiphonella merlai (47433)