Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae

Full reference: G. J. Hinde. 1883. Catalogue of the fossil sponges in the Geological Department of the British Museum (Natural History). 1-248

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

See also Hinde 1883 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Asterocalyx, Astrolemma, Bolojerea, Calymmatina, Craterella, Kalpinella, Kozlowskispongia, Marginospongia, Paraspelaeum, Phymatella, Phymoracia, Trachysycon, Tretotoechus

Subtaxa: Bolospongia constricta Bolospongia globata

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Type: Bolospongia globata

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Flamborough

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