Demospongiae - Lithistida - Streptosolenidae
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: Streptosolenidae according to J. K. Rigby and A. Desrochers 1995
See also Bassler 1927, Johns 1994 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Allosaccus, Antrospongia, Aulocopella, Aulocopium, Aulocopoides, Dendroclonella, Edriospongia, Eospongia, Gallatinospongia, Hudsonospongia, Orlinocyathus, Ozarkocoelia, Perissocoelia, Streptosolen, Verpaspongia, Wilbernicyathus
Subtaxa: Lissocoelia cylindrica Lissocoelia ramosa
Type: Lissocoelia ramosa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Chazyan of Canada (4: Quebec collections)
• Whiterockian of United States (2: California)
• Arenigian of United States (1: Nevada)
• Ordovician of Argentina (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Ibexian of United States (1: Utah)
Total: 10 collections each including a single occurrence
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