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Colpospongia

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Brachiospongiidae

Taxonomy
Colpospongia is a genus. It is not extant.

It was assigned to Lyssacinosida by Sepkoski (2002); and to Brachiospongiidae by Finks and Rigby (2004).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
2002Colpospongia Sepkoski
2004Colpospongia Finks and Rigby p. 422

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLyssacinosa(Zittel 1877)
RankNameAuthor
superfamilyBrachiospongioidea
familyBrachiospongiidaeBeecher 1889
genusColpospongia

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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Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available