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Tetrapyle

Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pyloniidae

Taxonomy
Tetrapyle was named by Haeckel (1858) [Sepkoski's age data: T Mi-u R Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is extant.

It was assigned to Pyloniinae by De Wever et al. (2001); to Spumellaria by Sepkoski (2002); and to Pyloniidae by Sharma and Takahashi (2007).

Species
Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1858Tetrapyle Haeckel
1881Pylonium Haeckel
2001Tetrapyle De Wever et al. p. 151
2002Tetrapyle Sepkoski
2007Tetrapyle Sharma and Takahashi p. 822

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
familyPyloniidaeHaeckel 1881
genusTetrapyleHaeckel 1858

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. Tetrapyle Haeckel 1858
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Tetrapyle octacantha Müller 1859
Invalid names: Pylonium Haeckel 1881 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available