Bothroconis King 1850 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida

Full reference: W. King. 1850. Monograph of the Permian fossils of England. Palaeontographical Society 1-253

Parent taxon: Hexactinellida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also King 1850 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanothyia, Acanothyra, Amphidiscophora, Antrispongia, Australispongia, Baccispongia, Chelispongia, Crucispongia, Diplopleuriana, Farreopsis, Hemidiagoniella, Heterostella, Hexasterophora, Hodsia, Innaecoeliida, Kometia, Lonsda, Lychniscosa, Lyssacinosa, Lyssakida, Nepheliospongia, Nephelispongia, Pachylepisma, Pinnatispongia, Rugosoderma, Sceptrulophora, Sestrocladiella, Silicunculus, Solactiniella, Solusrectus, Spongus, Stromatidiidae

Subtaxa: Bothroconis plana

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Tunstall Hill, Durham (King collection) (Permian of the United Kingdom)

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