Demospongiae - Agelasida - Guadalupiidae
Alternative combination: Discosiphonella mammilosus
Synonym: Cystothalamia insolita Termier and Termier 1977
Full reference: R. H. King. 1943. New Carboniferous and Permian sponges. Kansas State Geological Survey Bulletin 47(1):1-36
Belongs to Cystauletes according to J. K. Rigby and G. L. Bell 2006
See also King 1943, Rigby et al. 1998, Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 and Termier and Termier 1977
Sister taxa: Discosiphonella iranica, Discosiphonella minima, Discosiphonella primorica, Cystauletes typica, Cystauletes grossa, Cystauletes kingi, Cystauletes ribuzuoensis, Cystauletes lercarensis, Cystauletes primoriensis, Cystauletes orientalis, Cystauletes squamilis
Type specimens:
- Cystauletes mammilosus: U. Kans. 74131.
- Cystothalamia insolita: HGT 0485. 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:
• Permian of Tunisia (14 collections), United States (3: New Mexico)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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