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Opetionella

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Sollasellidae

Taxonomy
Opetionella was named by Zittel (1878) [Sepkoski's age data: J l]. It is not extant. Its type is Opetionella radians.

It was assigned to Demospongia by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sollasellidae by Finks et al. (2004).

Species
O. poculum, O. radians (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Opetionella Zittel
2002Opetionella Sepkoski
2004Opetionella Finks et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassClavaxinellidaLevi 1956
RankNameAuthor
orderProtomonaxonida
familySollasellidaevon Lendenfeld 1887
genusOpetionellaZittel 1878

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.

G. †Opetionella Zittel 1878
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Opetionella poculum Schrammen 1910
Opetionella radians Zittel 1878
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:36:02
Modified: 2009-10-09 09:25:40
Source: c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Turonian to the top of the Bartonian or 93.90000 to 38.00000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Turonian93.9 - 89.8Germany (Niedersachsen) O. poculum (110531) O. radians (110963)
Bartonian41.3 - 38.0Spain O. sp. (61247)