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Benacia princeps

Demospongiae - Monalithistida

Taxonomy
Benacia princeps was named by Krautter (1996). Its type locality is Forcellin, Southern Alps, Italy, which is in a Pliensbachian/Toarcian slope/ramp reef limestone in the Misone limestone Formation of Italy. It is the type species of Benacia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1996Benacia princeps Krautter p. 308

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
orderMonalithistidaLagneau-Hérenger 1955
suborderSphaerocladinaSchrammen 1924
genusBenacia
speciesprinceps

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.

Benacia princeps Krautter 1996
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Pliensbachian to the top of the Toarcian or 190.80000 to 174.10000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pliensbachian - Toarcian190.8 - 174.1Italy Benacia princeps (type locality: 38031)