Demospongiae - Lithistida - Streptosolenidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and B. D. Webby. 1988. Late Ordovician sponges from the Malongulli Formation of central New South Wales, Australia. Palaeontographica Americana 56:1-147
Parent taxon: Streptosolenidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Rigby and Webby 1988 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Allosaccus, Antrospongia, Aulocopella, Aulocopium, Aulocopoides, Dendroclonella, Edriospongia, Eospongia, Gallatinospongia, Hudsonospongia, Lissocoelia, Orlinocyathus, Ozarkocoelia, Streptosolen, Verpaspongia, Wilbernicyathus
Subtaxa: Perissocoelia gelasinina Perissocoelia habra Perissocoelia spinosa
Type: Perissocoelia habra
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (2: Nunavut collections)
• Ordovician of Australia (4)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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