Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby, J. Fan, and W. Zhang. 1989. Sphinctozoan sponges from the Permian reefs of South China. Journal of Paleontology 63(4):404-439
Belongs to Sollasia according to O. Weidlich and B. Senowbari-Daryan 1996
See also Rigby et al. 1989 and Senowbari-Daryan and Ingavat-Helmcke 1994
Sister taxa: Sollasia absita, Sollasia amaurosa, Sollasia arta, Sollasia cylindrica, Sollasia norica, Sollasia ostiolata, Sollasia parva
Type specimen: IG 5013. Its type locality is Xiangbo reef, unit 27, Longlin County, which is in a Wordian reef, buildup or bioherm framestone/grainstone in the Maokou Formation of China.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (3 collections), Oman (2), Thailand (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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