Titusvillia | |
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Scientific 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.
It is uncertain if taxa in the clade Silicarea are a separate phylum, or contained within the phylum Porifera. [3]