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Malumispongium cornwallisi

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Malumispongiidae

Taxonomy
Malumispongium cornwallisi was named by de Freitas (1991). It is not a trace fossil. Its type locality is Snowblind Creek, Cornwallis Island, sponge biostromes, which is in a Ludlow slope/ramp reef limestone/marl in the Cape Phillips Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1991Malumispongium cornwallisi de Freitas

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLyssacinosa(Zittel 1877)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyBrachiospongioidea
familyMalumispongiidaeRigby 1967
genusMalumispongium
speciescornwallisi

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.

Malumispongium cornwallisi de Freitas 1991
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available