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Intratubospongia osiensis

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Virgolidae

Taxonomy
Cystiphyllum osiense was named by de Gregorio (1930). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Sosio Limestone near Palazzo Adriano (de Gregorio coll), which is in a Wordian carbonate limestone in Italy.

It was recombined as Virgula osiensis by Termier and Termier (1977); it was recombined as Intratubospongia osiensis by Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan (1996).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1930Cystiphyllum osiense de Gregorio p. 42 figs. Pl 16, figs 1-4
1977Virgula osiensis Termier and Termier p. 32 figs. Pl 11, figs 7,8
1989Intratubospongia multisiphonata Rigby et al. p. 790 fig. 10.5,10.10,12.10
1989Intratubospongia typica Rigby et al. p. 790 figs. 11.1-11.3,11.5,11.7
1991Paracorynella flexa Wu p. 64 figs. Pl 9, figs 1,2
1991Paristellispongia parallelica Wu p. 71 figs. Pl 7, fig 11; pl 9, fig 5
1994Intratubospongia typica Rigby et al. p. 103 figs. Pl 15, figs 1,8,9
1996Intratubospongia osiensis Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan p. 86 figs. 32.1-32.6, 34, 50.1-50.2, 53.4, 66.1-66.4, 76.3, 77.1-77.5

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyVirgolidaeTermier and Termier 1977
subfamilyVirgolinaeTermier and Termier 1977
genusIntratubospongia
speciesosiensis()

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.

Intratubospongia osiensis de Gregorio 1930
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Invalid names: Intratubospongia multisiphonata Rigby et al. 1989 [synonym], Intratubospongia typica Rigby et al. 1989 [synonym], Paracorynella flexa Wu 1991 [synonym], Paristellispongia parallelica Wu 1991 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Changhsingian or 266.90000 to 252.17000 Ma

Collections (72 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guangxi) Intratubospongia multisiphonata (47450) Intratubospongia typica (116708) Intratubospongia typica, Intratubospongia multisiphonata (47445) Paracorynella flexa (144357) Paracorynella flexa, Paristellispongia parallelica (51176) Paristellispongia parallelica (51169 144358 144359)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Italy Cystiphyllum osiense (233340) Intratubospongia osiensis (75474)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28Tunisia (Madanin) Intratubospongia osiensis (41654 41658 41836 41859 41863 41864 41975 41976 42072)
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guizhou) Intratubospongia typica (116703)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Virgula osiensis, Virgula sp., Virgula bifida (42092)
Wordian - Capitanian266.9 - 259.51China (Guangxi) Intratubospongia osiensis (36262)
Capitanian264.28 - 259.51Tunisia (Madanin) Intratubospongia osiensis (41661 41855 41866 41870 41871 41878 41879 41882 41884 41886 41955 41956 41962 41963 41977 41978 42000 42002 42003 42004 42005 42006 42008 42009 42010 42011 42012 42013 42014 42021 42023 42025 42030 42033 42036 42037 42038 42039 42040 42042 42044 42049 42073 42075 42076 42077 42079 42082)
Wuchiapingian259.9 - 254.17China (Guangxi) Intratubospongia typica (47449)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) Intratubospongia typica (47436)