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Precorynella capitata

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Preperonidellidae

Taxonomy
Scyphia capitata was named by Münster (1841). It is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

It was recombined as Epitheles capitata by Laube (1865); it was recombined as Precorynella capitata by Dieci et al. (1968).

Sister species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1841Scyphia capitata Münster p. 28 figs. Pl 1, fig 12
1865Epitheles capitata Laube p. 15 figs. Pl 1, figs 8a,b
1968Precorynella capitata Dieci et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
orderAgelasidaVerrill 1907
RankNameAuthor
familyPreperonidellidae
subfamilyPrecorynellinaeRigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996
genusPrecorynella
speciescapitata()

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.

Precorynella capitata Münster 1841
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Diagnosis
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