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Fieldingia

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Tretodictyidae

Taxonomy
Fieldingia was named by Kent (1870). It is extant.

It was assigned to Placotrematinae by Reid (2004); and to Hexactinosida by Kelly and Buckeridge (2005).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1870Fieldingia Kent
2004Fieldingia Reid p. 506
2005Fieldingia Kelly and Buckeridge

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassHexasterophoraSchulze 1886
RankNameAuthor
orderHexactinosaSchrammen 1903
familyTretodictyidaeSchulze 1887
subfamilyPlacotrematinae
genusFieldingiaKent 1870

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.

G. Fieldingia Kent 1870
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available