Hesperocoelia Bassler 1927 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetractinellida - Archaeoscyphidae

Full reference: R. S. Bassler. 1927. A new early Ordovician sponge fauna. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 17(15):390-394

Parent taxon: Archaeoscyphidae according to R. S. Bassler 1927

See also Johns 1994 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Nevadocoelia

Subtaxa: Hesperocoelia typicalis Hesperocoelia undulata

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Type: Hesperocoelia typicalis

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Ordovician of United States (1: Nevada collection)

• Whiterockian of United States (1: California)

Total: 2 collections including 3 occurrences

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