Titusvillia drakei Caster 1939 (glass sponge)

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

Belongs to Titusvillia according to K.E. Caster 1939

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Church Run - Titusville Public School, which is in a Famennian marginal marine sandstone in the Cussewago Formation of Pennsylvania

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Church Run - Titusville Public School

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