Ventriculite

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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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