Costifer Wilson 1925 (demosponge)

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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