Titusvillia
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Titusvillia | |
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Scientific classification Edit this classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Porifera |
Class: | Hexactinellida |
Order: | †Lyssakida |
Family: | †Titusvilliidae |
Genus: | †Titusvillia Caster, 1939 |
Species: | †T. drakei
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Binomial name | |
†Titusvillia drakei Caster, 1939
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Titusvillia is an extinct genus of colonial glass sponges that existed during the carboniferous period around 300 million years ago.[1][2] It is represented by a single species, Titusvillia drakei.
Taxonomy
It is uncertain if taxa in the clade Silicarea are a separate phylum, or contained within the phylum Porifera.[3]
References
- ↑ The Paleobiology Database
- ↑ Cornell University News
- ↑ Invertebrate Zoology (according to this source Silicispongea is part of Porifera however, according to the Paleobiology Database Silicispongea is its own phylum)