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Sestrostomella

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sestrostomellidae

Taxonomy
Sestrostomella was named by Zittel (1878) [Sepkoski's age data: Tr Ladi-u K Albi-u Sepkoski's reference number: 978]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Sestrostomellidae.

It was assigned to Pharetronida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Sestrostomellidae by Finks et al. (2004) and Amirhassankhani et al. (2014).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1865Palaeoierea Laube p. 13
1878Sestrostomella Zittel
2002Sestrostomella Sepkoski
2004Sestrostomella Finks et al. p. 611
2014Sestrostomella Amirhassankhani et al. p. 296

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familySestrostomellidaeLaubenfels 1955
genusSestrostomellaZittel 1878

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. †Sestrostomella Zittel 1878
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Sestrostomella aureolata Dieci et al. 1968
Sestrostomella conica Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2015
Sestrostomella robusta Zittel 1878
Sestrostomella wartae Hurcewicz 1975
Invalid names: Palaeoierea Laube 1865 [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 Julian to the top of the Valanginian or 235.00000 to 132.90000 Ma

Collections (33 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Ladinian - Carnian242.0 - 228.0Italy S. robusta (182570)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Austria S. sp. (60117)
Carnian237.0 - 228.0Italy S. robusta (32923 155179) S. sp. (170920)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Hungary S. sp. (60383)
Julian235.0 - 232.0Italy Scyphia gracilis (137429) S. aureolata (117542) S. robusta (34691)
Tuvalian232.0 - 221.5Turkey S. robusta (60470)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Austria (Calcareous Alps) S. robusta (38148)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Turkey S. robusta (183687)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Iran S. sp. (37983)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Russian Federation (Adygea) S. sp. (36719)
Norian228.0 - 208.5Russian Federation (Adygea republic) S. sp. (36720 36721 36722)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Iran S. robusta (197554)
Norian - Rhaetian228.0 - 201.3Italy S. robusta, S. conica (170144)
Alaunian215.56 - 212.0Iran S. robusta (175088)
Sevatian212.0 - 205.6Iran S. robusta (37959 37960 37961 37963) S. robusta, Precorynella sp. (36869)
Sevatian - Rhaetian212.0 - 201.3Iran S. robusta (175089 175091 175093 175094)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Australia (Western Australia) S. sp. (100283)
Rhaetian208.5 - 201.3Iran (Esfahan) S. robusta (117469)
Late/Upper Oxfordian161.2 - 155.7Poland S. wartae (113006)
Valanginian139.8 - 132.9Canada (Nova Scotia) S. canadensis (45348)