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Claytonia rayi

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Plinthosellidae

Taxonomy
Claytonia rayi was named by Finks et al. (2011). It is not extant. Its type locality is USGS 21849 Dudley, which is in a Bartonian shallow subtidal marl in the Castle Hayne Formation of North Carolina. It is the type species of Claytonia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2011Claytonia rayi Finks et al.

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

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Claytonia rayi Finks et al. 2011
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available