†Polytubifungia Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Agelasida - Virgolidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1996. Upper Permian inozoid, demospongid, and hexactinellid sponges from Djebel Tebaga, Tunisia. University of Kansas Paleontological Contributions, New Series 7:1-130
Parent taxon: Preeudinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Medenina, Microsphaerispongia, Preeudea, Pseudovirgula, Vermispongiella
Subtaxa: Polytubifungia maxima Polytubifungia minima
Type: Polytubifungia maxima
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Tunisia (12 collections)
Total: 12 collections including 13 occurrences
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