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Corymbospongia betella

Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae

Taxonomy
Corymbospongia betella was named by Rigby et al. (1988). It is not extant. Its type specimen is USNM 417192.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1988Corymbospongia betella Rigby et al.
2008Corymbospongia betella Rigby et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderVerticillitida
RankNameAuthor
familyColospongiidaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
subfamilyCorymbospongiinaeSenowbari-Daryan 1990
genusCorymbospongiaRigby and Potter 1986
speciesbetella

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.

Corymbospongia betella Rigby et al. 1988
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: silicac
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 18:27:30
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:27:30
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Caradoc to the top of the Ashgill or 458.20000 to 443.10000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Llandeilian - Caradoc461.1 - 449.5USA (Alaska) Corymbospongia betella (99664)
Caradoc458.2 - 449.5USA (Alaska) Corymbospongia betella (99661)
Ashgill449.5 - 443.1Canada (Yukon) Corymbospongia betella (99659)