†family Labechiidae Nicholson 1879 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Labechiida - Labechiidae

Parent taxon: Labechiida according to B.D. Webby 2015

See also Bolton 1988, Nestor 1964 and Stearn et al. 1999

Sister taxa: Aulaceratidae, Lophiostromatidae, Platiferostromatidae, Rosenellidae, Stromatoceriidae, Stylostromatidae

Subtaxa: Labechia Labechiella Stratodictyon

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Canada (2: Alberta collections), China (1), Czechia (13), Spain (2)

• Silurian of Canada (2: Manitoba, Quebec), China (1), the Russian Federation (15), Sweden (11), Ukraine (3), the United Kingdom (2)

• Chazyan of Canada (1: Quebec), United States (9: New York, Vermont)

• Ordovician of Australia (18), Canada (13: Manitoba, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nunavut, Ontario, Québec), China (18), Malaysia (1), Mongolia (6), Norway (1), South Korea (1), United States (9: Alabama, Alaska, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio)

Total: 129 collections including 158 occurrences

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