Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Haplistiidae
Alternative combination: Pseudopemmatites skinneri
Full reference: R. H. King. 1943. New Carboniferous and Permian sponges. Kansas State Geological Survey Bulletin 47(1):1-36
Belongs to Haplistion according to H. Hurcewicz 1982
See also Finks 1960 and King 1943
Sister taxa: Haplistion aeluroglossa, Haplistion apletum, Haplistion arcticum, Haplistion armstrongi, Haplistion artiense, Haplistion creswelli, Haplistion cylindricum, Haplistion diactinum, Haplistion elongatum, Haplistion festningensis, Haplistion frustrum, Haplistion hadrum, Haplistion latituba, Haplistion macroporum, Haplistion megalochetus, Haplistion minutum, Haplistion nacoense, Haplistion orientale, Haplistion regularis, Haplistion sphaericum
Type specimen: UK 74167
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1 collection), United States (1: Texas)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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