Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
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 Colospongia according to H. Termier and G. Termier 1977
Sister taxa: Colospongia americana, Colospongia arakeljani, 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 salinaria, Colospongia semseyi, Waagenella muliensis
Type specimen: HGT 311. Its type locality is Baten beni Zid Series, Djebel Tebaga, which is in a Wordian marine marl/carbonate in Tunisia.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Baten beni Zid Series, Djebel Tebaga
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