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Molengraaffia

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae

Taxonomy
Molengraaffia was named by Vinassa de Regny (1915). It is not extant. Its type is Molengraaffia regularis.

It was synonymized subjectively with Acoelia by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).

It was assigned to Porifera by Finks et al. (2004); to Auriculospongiidae by Senowbari-Daryan and Maurer (2008); and to Auriculospongiinae by Senowbari-Daryan (2005) and Amirhassankhani et al. (2014).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1915Molengraaffia Vinassa de Regny
1991Acoelia Wu p. 57
1991Ramospongia Wu p. 59
2002Acoelia Sepkoski
2002Molengraafia Sepkoski
2004Acoelia Finks et al. p. 627
2004Molengraaffia Finks et al. p. 764
2005Molengraaffia Senowbari-Daryan p. 265
2008Molengraaffia Senowbari-Daryan and Maurer
2014Molengraaffia Amirhassankhani et al. p. 298

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyAuriculospongiidae
subfamilyAuriculospongiinaeTermier and Termier 1977
genusMolengraaffiaVinassa de Regny 1915

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.

G. †Molengraaffia Vinassa de Regny 1915
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Molengraaffia regularis Vinassa de Regny 1915
Invalid names: Acoelia Wu 1991 [synonym], Molengraafia [replaced], Ramospongia 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: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: base of the Wordian to the top of the Sevatian or 266.90000 to 205.60000 Ma

Collections (35 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Wordian266.9 - 264.28China (Guangxi) Acoelia ruida (51176 51185) Ramospongia minor (51154 51169) Ramospongia sp. (51184)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China Acoelia discontinua (184774)
Changhsingian254.17 - 252.17China (Guangxi) Acoelia sp. (206150)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) M. sp. (36691)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Russian Federation (Adygea republic) Molengraafia regularis (36720 36721 36722)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Turkey Acoelia norica (183673)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Russian Federation (Adygea) Molengraafia regularis (36719)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Austria (Calcareous Alps) M. regularis (38148)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Italy M. sp. 1, M. sp., M. regularis (170144)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Tajikistan Molengraafia regularis (34646)
Lacian221.5 - 215.56Turkey (Anatolia) M. regularis (38047)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria Molengraafia seilacheri (25261) Molengraafia sp. (36450 58093)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran M. regularis (37959 37960 37961)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6United Arab Emirates M. regularis (85064)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Austria (Styria) Molengraafia sp. (36516)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Russian Federation (Primorskiy Kray) M. sp. (87236)
Sevatian - Rhaetian212.0 - 201.3Iran M. regularis (175089 175091 175092 175095)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Iran (Esfahan) M. regularis (117469)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Austria Molengraafia sp. (22963 36807)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Tajikistan Molengraafia regularis (34645)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Australia (Western Australia) M. sp. (100283)