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Alectona

Demospongiae - Clavulina - Clionaidae

Taxonomy
Alectona was named by Carter (1879) [Sepkoski's age data: Q Plei R]. It is extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1879Alectona Carter
2002Alectona Sepkoski
2004Alectona Finks et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassClavaxinellidaLevi 1956
RankNameAuthor
orderClavulinaVosmaer 1887
familyClionaidaed'Orbigny 1851
genusAlectonaCarter 1879

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.

G. Alectona Carter 1879
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: no hard partso
Locomotion: stationaryf
Attached: yeso
Epibiont: yeso
Life habit: boringf
Diet: suspension feederf
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-04-21 12:16:08
Modified: 2009-04-21 14:16:08
Source: f = family, o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Hendy et al. 2009, Whittington et al. 1997

Age range: base of the Lutetian to the top of the Serravallian or 47.80000 to 11.62000 Ma

Collections (3 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Lutetian47.8 - 41.3Ukraine A. wallichii (229623)
Priabonian38.0 - 33.9Ukraine A. millari (229619)
Serravallian13.82 - 11.62Portugal A. wallichii, A. milliari (117021)