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Talpaspongia

Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Wewokellidae

Taxonomy
Talpaspongia is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Talpaspongia clavata.

It was assigned to Heteractinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Wewokellidae by Deng (1990) and Kozur et al. (2008).

Species
T. clavata (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Talpaspongia Deng p. 317
2002Talpaspongia Sepkoski
2008Talpaspongia Kozur et al. p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHeteractinidaHinde 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderOctactinellidaHinde 1887
familyWewokellidaeKing 1943
genusTalpaspongia

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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Talpaspongia clavata King 1943
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: Kiessling 2004, Aberhan et al. 2004

Age range: base of the Arnsbergian to the top of the Kungurian or 327.00000 to 272.30000 Ma

Collections (5 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Arnsbergian327.0 - 323.7USA (Utah) T. clavata (41204 90975 90977)
Pennsylvanian323.2 - 298.9USA (Utah) T. clavata (12780)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3China (Guangxi) T. clavata (107305)