Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Haplistiidae
Full reference: H. Hurcewicz. 1982. Permian sponges from brachiopod cherts at Hornsund, Spitsbergen. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 27:85-114
Belongs to Haplistion according to H. Hurcewicz 1982
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 latituba, Haplistion macroporum, Haplistion megalochetus, Haplistion minutum, Haplistion nacoense, Haplistion orientale, Haplistion regularis, Haplistion skinneri, Haplistion sphaericum
Type specimen: Its type locality is Hyrnefjellet, Hornsund, which is in a Wuchiapingian carbonate limestone in the Kapp Starostin Formation of Svalbard and Jan Mayen
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Svalbard and Jan Mayen (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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