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Hexactinella calolepis

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Tretodictyidae

Taxonomy
Hexactinella calolepis was named by Brimaud and Vachard (1986). It is not extant. Its type locality is Pliego, which is in a Tortonian marine horizon in Spain.

Sister species lacking formal opinion data
H. conica, H. informis, H. loeschmanni, H. tubula

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1986Hexactinella calolepis Brimaud and Vachard

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassHexasterophoraSchulze 1886
orderHexactinosaSchrammen 1903
RankNameAuthor
familyTretodictyidaeSchulze 1887
subfamilyTretodictyinaeSchulze 1887
genusHexactinellaCarter 1885
speciescalolepis

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.

†Hexactinella calolepis Brimaud and Vachard 1986
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available