Eiffeliidae

Eiffeliidae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Porifera
Stem group:	Hexactinellida
Informal group:	†"Heteractinida"
Family:	†Eiffeliidae Rigby, 1986
Genera
†Astraeoconus †Chilcaia †Eiffelia †Eiffelospongia †Gondekia †Petaloptyon †Toquimiella †Zangerlispongia

Eiffeliidae is an extinct family of sponges.

Genera

The 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

1. 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.
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.