Demospongiae - Lithistida - Chiastoclonellidae
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: Chiastoclonellidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Finks 1960 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Allassospongia, Chiastoclonella, Chiastocolumnia, Craterospongiella, Defordia, Insulipora, Pseudovirgulopsis, Rutkowskiella, Syltispongia
Subtaxa: Actinocoelia maeandrina Actinocoelia ossa Actinocoelia verrucosa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (1 collection), United States (15: New Mexico, Texas, Wyoming)
Total: 16 collections each including a single occurrence
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