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Pylentonema

Protozoa - Entactinaria - Pylentonemidae

Taxonomy
Pylentonema was named by Deflandre (1963) [Sepkoski's age data: D Fame-u C Vise-l Sepkoski's reference number: 546]. Its type is Pylentonema antiqua. It is the type genus of Pylentonemidae.

It was assigned to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pylentonemidae by De Wever et al. (2001), Feng et al. (2004) and Noble et al. (2017).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1963Pylentonema Deflandre
2001Pylentonema De Wever et al. p. 182
2002Pylentonema Sepkoski
2004Pylentonema Feng et al. p. 382
2017Pylentonema Noble et al. p. 456

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
superorderPolycystina(Ehrenberg 1838)
orderEntactinariaKozur and Mostler 1982
familyPylentonemidaeDeflandre 1963
genusPylentonemaDeflandre 1963

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. †Pylentonema Deflandre 1963
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Pylentonema antiqua Deflandre 1963
Pylentonema aperta Nazarov 1975
Pylentonema banchengensis Wang and Kuang 1993
Pylentonema eucosmeta Braun 1989
Pylentonema hindei Cheng 1986
Pylentonema insueta Nazarov 1975
Pylentonema mira Cheng 1986
Pylentonema parviaperta Park and Won 2012
Pylentonema racheboeufi Gourmelon 1986
Pylentonema rimata Nazarov 1980
Pylentonema robusta Schwartzapfel and Holdsworth 1996
Pylentonema serrensis Gourmelon 1987
Pylentonema transitorum Liu and Hao 2006
Pylentonema typica Cheng 1986
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available