Pachyspongia Termier et al. 1981 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Aglithodictyidae

Full reference: H. Termier, G. Termier, and H. H. Tsien. 1981. Spongiaires des calcaires recifaux du Frasnien de l'Ardenne [Sponges from the Frasnian reefal limestones of the Ardennes]. Bulletin de la Societe Belge de Geologie 90(4):287-298

Parent taxon: Aglithodictyidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

Sister taxa: Aglithodictya, Asociatella, Czarnockiella, Paleostauronema, Poriferella, Protremadictyon, Pseudopemmatites

Subtaxa: Pachyspongia columbarium

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Type: Pachyspongia columbarium

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Neuville mud mounds (Devonian of Belgium)

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