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Cystothalamiidae (disused)

Calcarea - Cystothalamiidae

Taxonomy
Cystothalamiidae was named by Girty (1909). It is not extant.

It was assigned to Porata by Rigby and Potter (1986), Rigby et al. (1988); and to Calcarea by Kiessling (2003).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1909Cystothalamiidae Girty
1986Cystothalamiidae Rigby and Potter
1988Cystothalamiidae Rigby et al.
2003Cystothalamiidae Kiessling

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classCalcareaBowerbank 1864
RankNameAuthor
familyCystothalamiidae
familyCystothalamiidae

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.

Fm. †Cystothalamiidae Girty 1909
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
Composition: aragonitec
Locomotion: stationaryc
Attached: yesc
Life habit: intermediate-level epifaunalc
Diet: suspension feederc
Vision: blindc
Created: 2004-02-28 11:35:06
Modified: 2010-02-09 12:01:47
Source: c = class
Reference: Kiessling 2004
Collections
No collection or age range data are available