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Pyloniacea

Protozoa - Spumellaria

Taxonomy
Pyloniacea was named by Haeckel (1881). It is extant.

It was assigned to Polycystina by Zügel (1997); and to Spumellaria by De Wever et al. (2001).

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1881Pyloniacea Haeckel
1997Pyloniacea Zügel
2001Pyloniacea De Wever et al. p. 127

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RankNameAuthor
Life
Eukaryota()
classProtozoaGoldfuss 1820
subphylumSarcodinaSchmarda 1871
classReticulareaLankester 1885
RankNameAuthor
subclassRadiolaria(Müller 1858)
orderSpumellariaEhrenberg 1875
superfamilyPyloniaceaHaeckel 1881
superfamilyPyloniaceaHaeckel 1881

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.

Superfm. Pyloniacea Haeckel 1881
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Fm. †Catenopylidae Dumitrica 1989
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G. †Catenopyle Dumitrica 1989
G. †Praecatenopyle Dumitrica 1989
Fm. †Orbiculiformidae Pessagno 1973
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G. †Orbiculiforma Pessagno 1973
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Orbiculiforma australis Pessagno 1975
Orbiculiforma campbellensis Pessagno 1975
Orbiculiforma goestlingensis Kozur and Mostler 1978
Orbiculiforma hullae Kiessling 1999
Orbiculiforma iniqua Blome 1984
Orbiculiforma kanayamaensis Mizutani 1981
Orbiculiforma lowreyensis Pessagno 1977
Orbiculiforma mclaughlini Pessagno 1977
Orbiculiforma multa Kozlova 1966
Orbiculiforma multifora Pessagno and Poisson 1981
Orbiculiforma plana Hori 1999
Orbiculiforma quadrata Pessagno 1973
Orbiculiforma radiata De Wever 1981
Orbiculiforma renillaeformis Campbell and Clark 1944
Orbiculiforma sakaii Mizutani 1981
Orbiculiforma vacaensis Pessagno 1973
G. †Orbiculiformella Kozur and Mostler 1978
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Invalid names: Orbiculiforma kwunaensis Carter 1988 [objective synonym]
Orbiculiformella mediocircus Gorican et al. 2006
G. †Pseudogodia Tekin 1999
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Pseudogodia deweveri Gorican et al. 2006
Pseudogodia sonmezi Tekin 1999
G. †Spongiostoma Carter et al. 1988
G. Spongostaurus Haeckel 1882
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Spongostaurus australis Kiessling 1999
Spongostaurus compactus Kiessling 1995
Spongostaurus hokkaidoensis Taketani 1982
Fm. †Patruliidae Dumitrica 1989
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G. †Patrulius Dumitrica 1989
G. †Tetratholura Dumitrica 1989
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available