Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
Full reference: R. S. Bassler. 1927. A new early Ordovician sponge fauna. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 17(15):390-394
Parent taxon: Anthaspidellidae according to B. Liu et al. 2003
See also Bassler 1927, Johns 1994 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Amplaspongia, Annulospongia, Antarcticocyathus, Anthaspidella, Archaeocyphia, Archaeoscyphia, Aulacospongia, Aulocopina, Australospongia, Brianispongia, Canningella, Capsospongia, Cauliculospongia, Climacospongia, Cockbainia, Colinispongia, Diotricheum, Dunhillia, Egania, Exochopora, Fibrocoelia, Fieldospongia, Finksella, Fistulosospongia, Gleesonia, Incrassospongia, Incrustatospongia, Isispongia, Jereina, Jianghania, Malongullospongia, Mastophyma, Multispongia, Multistella, Okulitchina, Palaeojerea, Palaeophyma, Patellispongia, Phacellopegma, Playfordiella, Protachilleum, Psarodictyum, Pseudomultistella, Pseudopalmatohindia, Pycnospongia, Rankenella, Rhodesispongia, Rhopalocoelia, Rugocoelia, Schismospongia, Somersetella, Steliella, Striataspongia, Stromatomorpha, Strotospongia, Syringelasma, Syringophyllum, Talacastonia, Timidella, Trachyum, Trochospongia, Tschernyschevostuckenbergia, Vandonia, Vankempenia, Velellospongia, Virgaspongia, Virgaspongiella, Yarrowigahia, Zittelella
Subtaxa: Calycocoelia micropora Calycocoelia murella Calycocoelia perforata Calycocoelia typicalis
Type: Calycocoelia typicalis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (1: Nunavut collection), Kazakhstan (1)
• Whiterockian of United States (8: California, Nevada)
• Arenig of Argentina (1), United States (1: Texas)
• Arenigian of Argentina (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Ordovician of Argentina (4), China (5), United States (7: California, Nevada)
• Tremadoc of Argentina (1), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 32 collections including 36 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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