Titusvillia Caster 1939 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Titusvillidae

Full reference: K.E. Caster. 1939. Siliceous Sponges from Mississippian and Devonian Strata of the Penn-York Embayment. Journal of Paleontology 13(1):1-20

Parent taxon: Titusvilliidae according to J. K. Rigby and R. M. Moyle 1959

See also Finks and Rigby 2004 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Annulispongia, Armstrongia, Iowaspongia, Protoarmstrongia, Sclerothamnus

Subtaxa: Titusvillia drakei

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Type: Titusvillia drakei

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Church Run - Titusville Public School (Devonian of Pennsylvania)

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