Costifer Wilson 1925 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Megalithistida - Carterellidae
Parent taxon: Isoraphiniinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Kelly and Buckeridge 2005
Sister taxa: Eulespongia, Heloraphinia, Pachycothon
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at CH/f63a Tutuiri Stream, Chatham Island (Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand)
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