Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Haplistiidae
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 Haplistion according to R. M. Finks 1960
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 minutum, Haplistion orientale, Haplistion regularis, Haplistion skinneri, Haplistion sphaericum
Type specimen: USNM 127637. Its type locality is USNM701c, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Asselian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Neal Ranch Formation of Texas.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (5: Texas collections)
Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence
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