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Blastulospongia

Taxonomy
Blastulospongia was named by Pickett and Jell (1983) [Sepkoski's age data: Cm Tomm-l Cm Dres-l Sepkoski's reference number: 652,1030]. It is not extant. Its type is Blastulospongia monothalamos.

It was assigned to Calcarea by Sepkoski (2002); to Colospongiinae by Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby (2015); and to Foraminifera by Kouchinsky et al. (2017).

Species

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1983Blastulospongia Pickett and Jell
2002Blastulospongia Sepkoski
2015Blastulospongia Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby p. 390
2017Blastulospongia Kouchinsky et al. p. 427

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
RankNameAuthor
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
genusBlastulospongiaPickett and Jell 1983

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. †Blastulospongia Pickett and Jell 1983
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Blastulospongia mindyallica Bengtson 1986
Blastulospongia monothalamos Pickett and Jell 1983
Blastulospongia polytreta Conway Morris and Menge 1990
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available