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Spirocyathella

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae

Taxonomy
Spirocyathella was named by Vologdin (1939). It is not extant.

It was synonymized subjectively with Paranacyathus by Okulitch (1950).

It was assigned to Archaeocyathida by Wrona and Zhuravlev (1996); and to Archaeopharetridae by Debrenne et al. (2015).

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1939Spirocyathella Vologdin
1980Aruntacyathus Kruse and West
1991Aruntacyathus Kennard
1996Spirocyathella Wrona and Zhuravlev p. 28
2015Spirocyathella Debrenne et al. p. 1055

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classArchaeocyatha(Vologdin 1937)
orderArchaeocyathidaOkulitch 1935
RankNameAuthor
suborderArchaeocyathinaOkulitch 1935
superfamilyArchaeocyathoideaHinde 1889
familyArchaeopharetridaeBedford and Bedford 1936
genusSpirocyathellaVologdin 1939

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. †Spirocyathella Vologdin 1939
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Invalid names: Aruntacyathus Kruse and West 1980 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available