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Columellaespongia

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Haplistiidae

Taxonomy
Columellaespongia is a genus. It is not extant.

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

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Columellaespongia Sepkoski
2004Columellaespongia Finks et al. p. 142

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
orderSpirosclerophoridaReid 1963
suborderRhizomorinaZittel 1895
familyHaplistiidaede Laubenfels 1955
genusColumellaespongia

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: silicao
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2006-05-26 06:29:24
Modified: 2009-05-08 20:27:50
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Pragian or 413.02000 to 410.62000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pragian413.02 - 410.62Australia (New South Wales) C. sp. (25698)