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 Actinocoelia according to R. M. Finks et al. 1961
See also Finks 1960
Sister taxa: Actinocoelia ossa, Actinocoelia verrucosa
Type specimen: USNM 127611. Its type locality is USNM749, Last Chance Canyon, Guadalupe Mountains, which is in a Kungurian slope limestone in the San Andres Formation of New Mexico.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (12: New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming collections)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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