Demospongiae - Lithistida - Chiastoclonellidae
Full reference: R. H. King. 1943. New Carboniferous and Permian sponges. Kansas State Geological Survey Bulletin 47(1):1-36
Parent taxon: Chiastoclonellidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinocoelia, Allassospongia, Chiastoclonella, Chiastocolumnia, Craterospongiella, Insulipora, Pseudovirgulopsis, Rutkowskiella, Syltispongia
Subtaxa: Defordia defuncta Defordia densa Defordia digitata Defordia foliata Defordia lobata Defordia verrucula
Type: Defordia defuncta
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of United States (22: Texas collections), Venezuela (3)
Total: 25 collections including 27 occurrences
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