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Stellispongia

Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae

Taxonomy
Stellispongia was named by d'Orbigny (1849) [Sepkoski's age data: P Leon-u J Oxfo-u Sepkoski's reference number: 2]. It is not extant. It is the type genus of Stellispongiinae, Stellispongiidae.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1849Stellispongia d'Orbigny
2002Diasterofungia Sepkoski
2002Stellispongia Sepkoski
2004Stellispongia Finks et al. p. 739

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classCalcareaBowerbank 1864
orderCalcaroneaBidder 1898
RankNameAuthor
orderStellispongiida
familyStellispongiidaeDe Laubenfels 1955
subfamilyStellispongiinaeDe Laubenfels 1955
genusStellispongiad'Orbigny 1849

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. †Stellispongia d'Orbigny 1849
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Stellispongia manon Münster 1841
Stellispongia minor Rigby et al. 1989
Stellispongia radiata Rigby et al. 1989
Stellispongia stellaris Klipstein 1843
Stellispongia subsphaerica Dieci et al. 1968
Stellispongia variabilis Münster 1841
Invalid names: Diasterofungia [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available