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Nematinion calyculum

Demospongiae - Megalithistida - Carterellidae

Taxonomy
Nematinion calyculum was named by Hinde (1883). It is not extant. Its type locality is Warminster (Upper Greensand), which is in an Albian marine sandstone in the Upper Greensand Formation of the United Kingdom. It is the type species of Nematinion.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
N. libycus
Entered
by B. Allen on 2026-04-11; modified by B. Allen on 2026-04-11

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Nematinion calyculum Hinde

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderMegalithistida
RankNameAuthor
suborderHelomorinaSchrammen 1924
familyCarterellidaeSchrammen 1901
subfamilyCarterellinaeSchrammen 1901
genusNematinion
speciescalyculum

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.

†Nematinion calyculum Hinde 1883
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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: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: Late/Upper Albian or 106.30000 to 100.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Late/Upper Albian106.3 - 100.5United Kingdom (England) Nematinion calyculum (type locality: 153918)