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Constellatospongia pervia

Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Astraeospongiidae

Taxonomy
Constellatospongia pervia was named by Rigby (1977). It is not extant. Its type locality is GSC 81902, Herriot Creek, station 239CE, which is in a Richmondian carbonate limestone in Canada. It is the type species of Constellatospongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1977Constellatospongia pervia Rigby

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHeteractinidaHinde 1888
orderOctactinellidaHinde 1887
RankNameAuthor
familyAstraeospongiidaeMiller 1889
genusConstellatospongia
speciespervia

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.

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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: high Mg calcitec
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesp
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederp
Vision: blindc
Created: 2010-02-11 01:52:20
Modified: 2011-06-30 06:44:23
Source: c = class, p = phylum
References: Aberhan et al. 2004, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Richmondian or 449.60000 to 445.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Richmondian449.6 - 445.5Canada (Manitoba) Constellatospongia pervia (type locality: 120923)