Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1994. Segmentierte Schwämme ("Sphinctozoen") aus der Obertrias (Nor) des Taurus-Gebirges (S-Türkei) [Upper Triassic (Norian) segmented sponges ("Sphinctozoa") from the Taurus Mountains (Southern Turkey)]. Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 50:415-446
Belongs to Thaumastocoelia according to B. Senowbari-Daryan 1994
Sister taxa: Thaumastocoelia cassiana, Thaumastocoelia dolomitica, Thaumastocoelia irregularis, Thaumastocoelia mutaria, Thaumastocoelia siciliana, Thaumastocoelia sphaeroida
Type specimen: Its type locality is B. Alanköyü, Southern Anatolia, Turkey, which is in a Lacian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in Turkey.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at B. Alanköyü, Southern Anatolia, Turkey
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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