Hexactinellida - Stromatidiidae
Full reference: R. M. Finks. 1960. Late Paleozoic sponge faunas of the Texas region: The siliceous sponges. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 120(1):1-160
Parent taxon: Hexactinellida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Acanothyia, Acanothyra, Amphidiscophora, Antrispongia, Australispongia, Baccispongia, Bothroconis, Chelispongia, Crucispongia, Diplopleuriana, Farreopsis, Hemidiagoniella, Heterostella, Hexasterophora, Hodsia, Innaecoeliida, Kometia, Lonsda, Lychniscosa, Lyssacinosa, Lyssakida, Nepheliospongia, Nephelispongia, Pachylepisma, Pinnatispongia, Rugosoderma, Sceptrulophora, Sestrocladiella, Silicunculus, Solactiniella, Solusrectus, Spongus
Subtaxa: Stromatidium
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (4: Texas collections)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence