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Patellispongia attenuata

Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae

Taxonomy
Patellispongia attenuata was named by Rigby and Chatterton (1999). It is not extant. Its type locality is Section AV1, 590m, Avalanche Lake, which is in a Sheinwoodian offshore lime mudstone/wackestone in the Delorme Formation of Canada.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1999Patellispongia attenuata Rigby and Chatterton

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyAnthaspidellidaeMiller 1889
genusPatellispongia
speciesattenuata

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Patellispongia attenuata Rigby and Chatterton 1999
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available