Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan and J.K. Rigby. 1988. Upper Permian segmented sponges from Djebel Tebaga, Tunisia. Facies 19:171-250
Belongs to Colospongia according to O. Weidlich and B. Senowbari-Daryan 1996
See also Rigby et al. 1994 and Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988
Sister taxa: Colospongia americana, Colospongia arakeljani, Colospongia aspergillum, Colospongia benjamini, Colospongia catenulata, Colospongia composita, Colospongia cribrifera, Colospongia dubia, Colospongia globosa, Colospongia iranica, Colospongia lenis, Colospongia leveni, Colospongia maxima, Colospongia mennulensis, Colospongia monilis, Colospongia multivesiculosa, Colospongia nachodkiensis, Colospongia panormitana, Colospongia paronae, Colospongia pramollensis, Colospongia ramosa, Colospongia recta, Colospongia salinaria, Colospongia semseyi, Waagenella muliensis
Type specimen: USNM 427290,427291
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (13 collections), Iran (1), Italy (2), Oman (1), Tunisia (26)
Total: 43 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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