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Protoprisma annulata

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Dictyospongiidae

Taxonomy
Protoprisma annulata was named by Rigby and Collins (2004). It is not extant. Its type locality is S7 community, Fossil Gully, Mount Stephen, which is in a Delamaran deep-water shale in the Burgess Shale Formation of Canada. It is the type species of Protoprisma.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2004Protoprisma annulata Rigby and Collins

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassAmphidiscophora
orderReticulosaReid 1958
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyDictyospongioideaHall and Clarke 1899
familyDictyospongiidaeHall and Clarke 1899
subfamilyHydnoceratinae
genusProtoprisma
speciesannulata

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.

Protoprisma annulata Rigby and Collins 2004
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Diagnosis
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