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Ventriculites poculum

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae

Taxonomy
Ventriculites poculum was named by Zittel (1877). It is not extant.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
Entered
by B. Allen on 2026-06-12; modified by B. Allen on 2026-06-12

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Ventriculites poculum Zittel
1883Ventriculites poculum Hinde

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLychniscosaSchrammen 1903
RankNameAuthor
familyVentriculitidaeSmith 1848
subfamilyVentriculitinaeSmith 1848
genusVentriculitesMantell 1822
speciespoculumZittel 1877

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.

Ventriculites poculum Zittel 1877
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-08 19:09:36
Modified: 2009-05-08 21:09:36
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Danian or 66.00000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Danian66.0 - 61.66Austria (Niederösterreich) Ventriculites poculum (87001)