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Chiastoclonella

Demospongiae - Chiastoclonellidae

Taxonomy
Chiastoclonella is a genus. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Chiastoclonellidae.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Anomoclonella Sepkoski
2002Chiastoclonella Sepkoski
2002Pycnopegma Sepkoski
2004Chiastoclonella Finks et al. p. 118

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
RankNameAuthor
suborderOrchocladinaRauff 1895
familyChiastoclonellidaeRauff 1895
genusChiastoclonella

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.

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Invalid names: Anomoclonella [synonym], Pycnopegma [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available