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Carterella

Demospongiae - Megalithistida - Carterellidae

Taxonomy
Carterella was named by Zittel (1878) [Sepkoski's age data: K Albi-u K Camp-l Sepkoski's reference number: 642]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Carterellidae, Carterellinae.

It was assigned to Lithistida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Carterellinae by Finks et al. (2004).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Carterella Zittel
2002Carterella Sepkoski
2004Carterella Finks et al. p. 255

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderMegalithistida
RankNameAuthor
suborderHelomorinaSchrammen 1924
familyCarterellidaeSchrammen 1901
subfamilyCarterellinaeSchrammen 1901
genusCarterellaZittel 1878

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. †Carterella Zittel 1878
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available