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Verrucocoelia biswasi

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae

Taxonomy
Verrucocoelia biswasi was named by Rigby and Mohanti (1993). Its type specimen is UU 1/1990 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is Lakhpat Fort, which is in an Eocene lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal reef rocks/marl in the Fulra Limestone Formation of India.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
V. major

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1993Verrucocoelia biswasi Rigby and Mohanti

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassHexasterophoraSchulze 1886
orderHexactinosaSchrammen 1903
RankNameAuthor
familyEuretidaeZittel 1877
subfamilyEuretinaeZittel 1877
genusVerrucocoeliaEtallon 1859
speciesbiswasi

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.

†Verrucocoelia biswasi Rigby and Mohanti 1993
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available