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Agassizia porifera

Echinoidea - Spatangoida - Schizasteridae

Taxonomy
Brissopsis poriferus was named by Ravenel (1848).

It was recombined as Agassizia porifera by Clark and Twitchell (1915) and Cooke (1942).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1848Brissopsis poriferus Ravenel
1915Agassizia porifera Clark and Twitchell p. 211
1942Agassizia porifera Cooke p. 45

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Deuterostomia
Ambulacraria
phylumEchinodermata
subphylumEleutherozoa
Echinozoa()
classEchinoidea()
subclassEuechinoideaBronn 1860
RankNameAuthor
superorderAcroechinoidea()
Carinacea
Irregularia()
Atelostomata
orderSpatangoida
suborderPaleopneustina
familySchizasteridae()
genusAgassiziaValenciennes 1846
speciesporifera(Ravenel 1848)

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.

Agassizia porifera Ravenel 1848
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calciteo
Ontogeny: accretion, addition of partsp
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: slow-movingo
Life habit: shallow infaunalo
Diet: deposit feedero
Diet 2: detritivoreo
Vision: limitedc
Dispersal: watero
Dispersal 2: planktonico
Created: 2004-02-28 12:18:10
Modified: 2009-10-08 16:32:56
Source: o = order, c = class, p = phylum
References: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan 1992

Age range: base of the Miocene to the top of the Early/Lower Pleistocene or 23.03000 to 0.78100 Ma

Collections (4 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Miocene23.03 - 5.333USA (South Carolina) Agassizia porifera (203560)
Early/Lower Pliocene5.333 - 3.6USA (Florida) Agassizia porifera (35026)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (South Carolina) Agassizia porifera (92411)
Early/Lower Pleistocene2.588 - 0.781USA (Florida) Agassizia porifera (35025)