Synonym: Flosculus Dong and Knoll 1996
Full reference: B. D. Webby and J. Trotter. 1993. Ordovician sponge spicules from New South Wales, Australia. Journal of Paleontology 67(1):28-41
Parent taxon: Hexactinellida according to R. M. Finks and J.K. Rigby 2004
See also Finks et al. 2004, Kozur et al. 1996 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanothyia, Acanothyra, Amphidiscophora, Antrispongia, Australispongia, Baccispongia, Bothroconis, Chelispongia, Crucispongia, Diplopleuriana, Farreopsis, Hemidiagoniella, Heterostella, Hexasterophora, Hodsia, Innaecoeliida, Lonsda, Lychniscosa, Lyssacinosa, Lyssakida, Nepheliospongia, Nephelispongia, Pachylepisma, Pinnatispongia, Rugosoderma, Sceptrulophora, Sestrocladiella, Silicunculus, Solactiniella, Solusrectus, Spongus, Stromatidiidae
Subtaxa: Kometia cruciformis Kometia gracilis
Type: Kometia cruciformis
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Australia (2 collections)
• Tremadoc of United States (1: Nevada)
• Ordian of Australia (1)
• Cambrian of China (1)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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