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Nelumbia tuberosa

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae

Taxonomy
Nelumbia tuberosa was named by Hinde (1883). It is not extant. Its type locality is Grey Chalk near Dover, which is in a Cenomanian carbonate chalk in the United Kingdom.

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by B. Allen on 2026-04-23; modified by B. Allen on 2026-04-23

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1883Nelumbia tuberosa Hinde

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderTetralithistidaLagneau-Hérenger 1962
RankNameAuthor
suborderTetracladinaZittel 1878
familySiphoniidaed'Orbigny 1851
subfamilySiphoniinaed'Orbigny 1851
genusNelumbiaPomel 1872
speciestuberosa

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.

†Nelumbia tuberosa 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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Cenomanian or 100.50000 to 93.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Cenomanian100.5 - 93.9United Kingdom (England) Nelumbia tuberosa (type locality: 278636)