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Definition: Ventriculite
Ventriculite
\Ven*tric"u*lite\, n. [See
Ventriculus.]
(Paleon.)
Any one of numerous species of siliceous fossil sponges
belonging to
Ventriculites and allied genera,
characteristic of the Cretaceous period.
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Note: Many of them were shaped like vases, others like
mushrooms. They belong to the hexactinellids, and are
allied to the Venus's basket of modern seas.
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