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Plinthosella acanthodes

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Plinthosellidae

Taxonomy
Plinthosella acanthodes was named by Defretin-Lefranc (1960). It is not extant. Its type locality is Saint-Laurent, which is in a Coniacian offshore chalk in France.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
P. magna

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Plinthosella acanthodes Defretin-Lefranc

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderTetralithistidaLagneau-Hérenger 1962
RankNameAuthor
suborderTetracladinaZittel 1878
familyPlinthosellidaeSchrammen 1910
genusPlinthosellaZittel 1878
speciesacanthodes

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.

†Plinthosella acanthodes Defretin-Lefranc 1960
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available