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Discophyma

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae

Taxonomy
Discophyma was named by Oppliger (1915). It is not extant.

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

Species lacking formal opinion data

Synonyms
Synonymy list
YearName and author
1907Placotelia Oppliger
1915Discophyma Oppliger
2002Placotelia Sepkoski
2004Discophyma Finks et al. p. 537

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classHexactinellidaSchmidt 1870
orderLychniscosaSchrammen 1903
RankNameAuthor
familyVentriculitidaeSmith 1848
subfamilyLychniscaulinae
genusDiscophymaOppliger 1915

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. †Discophyma Oppliger 1915
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Discophyma costata Herenger 1942
Discophyma dolata Oppliger 1907
Invalid names: Placotelia Oppliger 1907 [synonym]
Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available