Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Heliospongiidae
Full reference: R. M. Finks. 1960. Late Paleozoic sponge faunas of the Texas region: The siliceous sponges. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 120(1):1-160
Parent taxon: Heliospongiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Coelocladia, Heliospongia, Neoheliospongia, Spitsbergenia
Subtaxa: Coelocladiella giganta Coelocladiella intermedia Coelocladiella lissa Coelocladiella pachytheca Coelocladiella philoconcha
Type: Coelocladiella lissa
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (3 collections), United States (2: Texas)
• Carboniferous of United States (1: Texas)
• Devonian of Australia (1)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
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