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Plectroninia pertusa

Calcarea - Calcaronea - Minchinellidae

Taxonomy
Plectroninia pertusa was named by Finks et al. (2011). It is not extant. Its type locality is USGS 22389 (Castle Hayne LS, N. Carolina), which is in a Bartonian offshore wackestone/grainstone in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Plectroninia pertusa Finks et al.

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classCalcareaBowerbank 1864
orderCalcaroneaBidder 1898
RankNameAuthor
orderLithonidaDoederlein 1892
familyMinchinellidaeDendy and Row 1913
genusPlectroniniaHinde 1900
speciespertusa

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.

Plectroninia pertusa Finks et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available