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Pachastrella

Demospongiae - Pachastrellida - Pachastrellidae

Taxonomy
Pachastrella is a genus. It is extant. It is the type genus of Pachastrellidae, Pachastrellinae.

It was assigned to Astrophorida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pachastrellinae by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Pachastrella Sepkoski
2004Pachastrella Finks et al. p. 180

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassChoristida(Sollas 1888)
RankNameAuthor
orderPachastrellida
familyPachastrellidaeCarter 1875
subfamilyPachastrellinaeCarter 1875
genusPachastrella

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: 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: base of the Tithonian to the top of the Tortonian or 149.20000 to 7.24600 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Tithonian149.2 - 143.1United Kingdom P. sp. (68088)
Burdigalian20.45 - 15.98Algeria P. sp. (114102)
Tortonian11.63 - 7.246Spain (Andalusia) P. sp. (110114)