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Favispongia

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Sporadopylidae

Taxonomy
Favispongia was named by Quenstedt (1878). It is not extant. Its type is Scyphia obliqua. It is the type genus of Sporadopylidae.

It was assigned to Sporadopylidae by Finks et al. (2004).

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1877Sporadopyle Zittel
1878Favispongia Quenstedt p. 118
1962Sporadopyle Lagneau-Herenger
2002Sporadopyle Sepkoski
2004Favispongia Finks et al. p. 547

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
RankNameAuthor
orderLychniscosaSchrammen 1903
familySporadopylidaeSchrammen 1937
genusFavispongiaQuenstedt 1878

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. †Favispongia Quenstedt 1878
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Invalid names: Sporadopyle Zittel 1877 [objective synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available