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Pyruspongia camella

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Pyruspongiidae

Taxonomy
Pyruspongia camella was named by Rigby (1971). It is not extant. Its type locality is McBeth Point-Cat Head-Lynx Point, Lake Winnipeg, which is in a Maysvillian carbonate dolomite/chert in the Red River Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1971Pyruspongia camella Rigby

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLyssacinosa(Zittel 1877)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyBrachiospongioidea
familyPyruspongiidae
genusPyruspongia
speciescamella

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.

Pyruspongia camella Rigby 1971
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available