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Alosculum

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae

Taxonomy
Alosculum is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lychniscosa by Sepkoski (2002); and to Euretinae by Reid (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Alosculum Sepkoski
2004Alosculum Reid p. 466

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
subclassHexasterophoraSchulze 1886
RankNameAuthor
orderHexactinosaSchrammen 1903
familyEuretidaeZittel 1877
subfamilyEuretinaeZittel 1877
genusAlosculum

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. †Alosculum
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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available