Titusvillia

Taxobox | name = Titusvillia
regnum = Animalia
phylum = Porifera/Silicispongea [ [zoo.bf.jcu.cz/kz/kzcz/sylen/zen155en.rtf Invertabrate Zoology] (according to this source Silicispongea is part of Porifera however, according to the Paleobiology Database Silicispongea is its own phylum)] ]
classis = Hexactinellida
ordo = Reticulosa
ordo_authority = Reid 1958
genus = Titusvillia
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = T. drakei

"Titusvillia" was a genus of colonial glass sponges that existed during the carboniferous period around 300 million years ago. [ [http://paleodb.org/cgi-bin/bridge.pl?action=checkTaxonInfo&taxon_no=4149 The Paleobiology Database] ] [ [http://www.news.cornell.edu/releases/Feb99/glass_sponge.hrs.html Cornell University News] ]

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