†Titusvillia Caster 1939 (glass sponge)
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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
Type: Titusvillia drakei
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Church Run - Titusville Public School (Devonian of Pennsylvania)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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