Titusvillia
| Titusvillia | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Class: | Hexactinellida |
| Order: | † |
| Family: | † |
| 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 is part of Porifera however, according to the Paleobiology Database is its own phylum)
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- Hexactinellida genera
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- Devonian animals of North America
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