Demospongiae - Lithistida - Chiastoclonellidae
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
Belongs to Defordia according to R. M. Finks 1960
Sister taxa: Defordia defuncta, Defordia digitata, Defordia foliata, Defordia lobata, Defordia verrucula
Type specimen: PU 78867. Its type locality is PU1rc, Apache Canyon, Sierra Diablo, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the Bone Spring Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (17: Texas collections)
Total: 17 collections each including a single occurrence
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