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Heterostinia

Demospongiae - Megalithistida - Pleromatidae

Taxonomy
Heterostinia was named by Zittel (1878) [Sepkoski's age data: K Ceno K Camp-u Sepkoski's reference number: 642]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Heterostiniinae.

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

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1878Heterostinia Zittel
2002Heterostinia Sepkoski
2002Valhalla Sepkoski
2004Heterostinia Finks et al. p. 262

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassLithistida(Schmidt 1870)
orderMegalithistida
RankNameAuthor
suborderMegamorinaZittel 1878
familyPleromatidaeSollas 1888
subfamilyHeterostiniinaeSchrammen 1924
genusHeterostiniaZittel 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. †Heterostinia Zittel 1878
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Heterostinia depressa Schrammen 1910
Heterostinia immanis Schrammen 1910
Heterostinia phytoniformis Hurcewicz 1966
Invalid names: Valhalla [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available