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Clathrospongia

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae

Taxonomy
Clathrospongia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Reticulosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Thysanodictyinae by Finks and Rigby (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Clathrospongia Sepkoski
2004Clathrospongia Finks and Rigby p. 400

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
orderReticulosaReid 1958
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyDictyospongioideaHall and Clarke 1899
familyDictyospongiidaeHall and Clarke 1899
subfamilyThysanodictyinaeHall and Clarke 1899
genusClathrospongia

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: silicac
Environment: marinec
Locomotion: stationaryo
Attached: yeso
Life habit: epifaunalo
Diet: suspension feedero
Vision: blindc
Created: 2009-05-09 19:18:49
Modified: 2009-05-09 21:18:49
Source: o = order, c = class
References: Kiessling 2004, Bambach et al. 2007

Age range: Pendleian or 330.30000 to 326.90000 Ma

Collections: one only


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Pendleian330.3 - 326.9USA (Alabama) C. bangorensis, C. sp. A, C. sp. B (907)