Demospongiae - Agelasida - Spicidae

Synonym: Fistulispongina elegans Termier and Termier 1977

Full reference: H. Termier and G. Termier. 1977. Paléontologie des Invertébrés, in Monographie paléontologique des affleurements permiens du Djebel Tebaga (Sud Tunisien). Palaeontographica Abteilung A 156(1-3):25-99

Belongs to Spica according to O. Weidlich and B. Senowbari-Daryan 1996

See also Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 and Termier and Termier 1977

Sister taxon: Spica texana

Type specimens:

• Spica spica: HGT 0482. Its type locality is Merbah el Oussif Series, Djebel Tebaga, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine marl/carbonate in Tunisia.
• Fistulispongina elegans: BS 17. Its type locality is Merbah el Oussif Series, Djebel Tebaga, which is in a Wordian/Capitanian marine marl/carbonate in Tunisia.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

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