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Corticulospongia floccosa

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Docodermatidae

Taxonomy
Corticulospongia floccosa was named by Rigby and Chatterton (1989). It is not extant. Its type locality is 84.3 m height of section BH2, Cape Phillips Fm., Baillie-Hamilton Island, Northw, which is in a Ludlow slope limestone/shale in the Cape Phillips Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Corticulospongia.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1989Corticulospongia floccosa Rigby and Chatterton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
orderReticulosaReid 1958
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyDictyospongioideaHall and Clarke 1899
familyDocodermatidae
genusCorticulospongia
speciesfloccosa

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Corticulospongia floccosa Rigby and Chatterton 1989
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Diagnosis
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