Calycocoelia typicalis Bassler 1927 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae

Synonym: Calycocoelia inyoensis Greife and Langenheim, Jr. 1963

Full reference: R. S. Bassler. 1927. A new early Ordovician sponge fauna. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 17(15):390-394

Belongs to Calycocoelia according to R. S. Bassler 1927

See also Greife and Langenheim 1963 and Johns 1994

Sister taxa: Calycocoelia micropora, Calycocoelia murella, Calycocoelia perforata

Type specimens:

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Silurian of Kazakhstan (1 collection)

• Ordovician of United States (3: Nevada)

• Whiterockian of United States (6: California, Nevada)

• Arenig of United States (1: Texas)

Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences

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