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Theonella

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Theonellidae

Taxonomy
Theonella is a genus. It is extant. It is the type genus of Theonellidae, Theonellinae.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Theonella Sepkoski
2004Theonella Finks et al. p. 224

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderTetralithistidaLagneau-Hérenger 1962
RankNameAuthor
suborderTetracladinaZittel 1878
familyTheonellidaeLendenfeld 1904
subfamilyTheonellinaevon Lendenfeld 1904
genusTheonella

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: Kiessling 2004, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Oligocene or 48.07000 to 23.04000 Ma

Collections (2 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian - Priabonian48.07 - 33.9Ukraine T. alexandriae (229618)
Oligocene33.9 - 23.04Ukraine T. ukrainica (62044)