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Khalfinaea

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Cliefdenellidae

Taxonomy
Khalfinaea is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Calcarea by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cliefdenellidae by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Khalfinaea Sepkoski
2015Khalfinaea Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 389

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
RankNameAuthor
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
familyCliefdenellidaeWebby 1969
genusKhalfinaea

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: aragoniteo
Environment: marineo
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Reproduction: oviparouso
Created: 2007-09-07 05:16:14
Modified: 2009-05-09 20:07:15
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Whittington et al. 1997, Kiessling 2004

Age range: Rhuddanian or 443.10000 to 440.50000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Rhuddanian443.1 - 440.5Kazakhstan (South Central) K. sp. (151931)