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Talpaspongia

Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Wewokellidae

Taxonomy
Talpaspongia is a genus. It is not extant. Its type is Talpaspongia clavata.

It was assigned to Heteractinida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Wewokellidae by Deng (1990) and Kozur et al. (2008).

Species
T. clavata (type species)

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1990Talpaspongia Deng p. 317
2002Talpaspongia Sepkoski
2008Talpaspongia Kozur et al. p. 54

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHeteractinidaHinde 1888
RankNameAuthor
orderOctactinellidaHinde 1887
familyWewokellidaeKing 1943
genusTalpaspongia

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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Talpaspongia clavata King 1943
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available