Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Alternative combinations: Steinmannia salinaria, Waagenella salinaria
Full reference: W. Waagen and J. Wentzel. 1888. Productus Limestone Fossils, Part VII. Salt Range Fossils, Palaeontologia Indica, Series 13 1(7):925-994
Belongs to Colospongia according to E. V. Boiko et al. 1991
See also Deng 1981 and Waagen and Wentzel 1888
Sister taxa: Colospongia americana, Colospongia arakeljani, Colospongia aspergillum, Colospongia benjamini, Colospongia catenulata, Colospongia composita, Colospongia cortexifera, 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 semseyi, Waagenella muliensis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (4 collections), Italy (1), Slovenia (2), Ukraine (1)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
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