Eiffeliidae is an extinct family of sponges.
| Eiffeliidae | |
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| Artist reconstruction of Petaloptyon danei | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Porifera |
| Informal group: | †"Heteractinida" |
| Family: | †Eiffeliidae Rigby, 1986 |
| Genera | |
Genera
editThe following genera are placed in the family:[1]
- †Astraeoconus Rietschel, 1968
- †Chilcaia Carrera, 1994
- †Eiffelia Walcott, 1920 (synonyms: Lenastella Missarzhevsky in Missarzhevsky & Mambetov, 1981; Actinoites Duan, 1984; Niphadus Duan, 1984)
- †Eiffelospongia Rigby & Collins, 2004[2]
- †Gondekia Rigby, 1991
- †Petaloptyon Raymond, 1931 (synonyms: Canistrumella Rigby, 1986)
- †Toquimiella Rigby, 1967
- †Zangerlispongia Rigby & Nitecki, 1975
References
edit- ^ Pickett, J. (2002). "†Order Heteractinida Hinde, 1887". In Hooper, J.N.A.; Van Soest, R.W.M.; Willenz, P. (eds.). Systema Porifera: A Guide to the Classification of Sponges. Boston, MA: Springer. pp. 1121–1140. doi:10.1007/978-1-4615-0747-5_117. ISBN 978-0-306-47260-2.
- ^ Rigby, J. K.; Collins, D. (2004). "Sponges of the Middle Cambrian Burgess Shale and Stephen Formations, British Columbia". ROM contributions in science. 1. ISBN 0-88854-443-X. ISSN 1710-7768.
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