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Catenicella

Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Catenicellidae

Taxonomy
Catenicella was named by de Blainville (1830) [Sepkoski's age data: T Eo-m-l T Ol-l Sepkoski's reference number: 1260]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Catenicellidae.

It was assigned to Cheilostomata by Sepkoski (2002); and to Catenicellidae by Bassler (1953), Brown (1958) and Bock (2006).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1830Catenicella de Blainville
1953Catenicella Bassler p. G222
1958Catenicella Brown
2002Catenicella Sepkoski
2006Catenicella Bock

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
Bilateria
EubilateriaAx 1987
Protostomia
Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
RankNameAuthor
Lophophorata
phylumBryozoaEhrenberg 1831
classGymnolaemataAllman 1856
orderCheilostomataBusk 1859
familyCatenicellidaeBusk 1852
genusCatenicellade Blainville 1830

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.

G. †Catenicella de Blainville 1830
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Catenicella cribriformis Waters 1881
Catenicella tenuis MacGillivray 1895
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available