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Cypellia

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Cypelliidae

Taxonomy
Cypellia was named by Pomel (1872) [Sepkoski's age data: J Aale J Kimm-l Sepkoski's reference number: 775]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Cypelliidae.

It was assigned to Lychniscosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Cypelliidae by Finks et al. (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1872Cypellia Pomel
1937Cryptochiderma Schrammen
2002Cypellia Sepkoski
2002Phanerochiderma Sepkoski
2004Cypellia Finks et al. p. 550

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
RankNameAuthor
orderLychniscosaSchrammen 1903
familyCypelliidaeSchrammen 1937
genusCypelliaPomel 1872

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. †Cypellia Pomel 1872
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Cypellia caliciformis Oppliger 1907
Cypellia inberbis Quenstedt 1877
Cypellia rugosa Goldfuss 1826
Cypellia trabeculata Quenstedt 1878
Invalid names: Cryptochiderma Schrammen 1937 [synonym], Phanerochiderma [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available