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Siphonia (Siphonia) pyriformis

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae

Taxonomy
Siphonia pyriformis was named by Goldfuss (1826). It is not extant. It is the type species of Siphonia, Siphonia (Siphonia).

It was recombined as Siphonia (Siphonia) pyriformis by Finks et al. (2004).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
S. tubulosa

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1826Siphonia pyriformis Goldfuss
2004Siphonia (Siphonia) pyriformis Finks et al. p. 208

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderTetralithistidaLagneau-Hérenger 1962
suborderTetracladinaZittel 1878
RankNameAuthor
familySiphoniidaed'Orbigny 1851
subfamilySiphoniinaed'Orbigny 1851
genusSiphoniaGoldfuss 1826
subgenusSiphoniaGoldfuss 1826
speciespyriformis(Goldfuss 1826)

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Aptian to the top of the Early/Lower Maastrichtian or 125.00000 to 66.00000 Ma

Collections (8 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Aptian125.0 - 113.0Spain (Catalonia) Siphonia pyriformis (111533 111534)
Albian - Early/Lower Cenomanian113.0 - 93.5United Kingdom (England) Siphonia pyriformis (198091)
Late/Upper Albian105.3 - 99.6France (Languedoc-Rousillon) Siphonia pyriformis (112214)
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9Poland Siphonia pyriformis (110332)
Late/Upper Turonian93.5 - 89.3France (Rhone-Alpes) Siphonia pyriformis (110461)
Early/Lower Campanian83.5 - 70.6Poland Siphonia pyriformis (110122)
Early/Lower Maastrichtian70.6 - 66.0Germany (Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) Siphonia pyriformis (32022)