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Moleculospina

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Piraniidae

Taxonomy
Moleculospina was named by Rigby (1986) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm mMid-u Sepkoski's reference number: 766].

It was assigned to Hadromerida by Sepkoski (2002); to Piraniidae by Finks et al. (2004); and to Demospongia by Bambach et al. (2007).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Moleculospina Rigby
2002Moleculospina Sepkoski
2004Moleculospina Finks et al.
2007Moleculopina Bambach et al. p. S80

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassClavaxinellidaLevi 1956
RankNameAuthor
orderProtomonaxonida
familyPiraniidaeLaubenfels 1955
genusMoleculospinaRigby 1986

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. †Moleculospina Rigby 1986
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Moleculospina mammillata Walcott 1920
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:36:02
Modified: 2009-10-09 09:25:40
Source: c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Delamaran or 511.20000 to 506.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Delamaran511.2 - 506.5Canada (British Columbia) M. mammillata (121962)