Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Belongs to Colospongia according to Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1986
Sister taxa: Colospongia americana, Colospongia arakeljani, Colospongia aspergillum, Colospongia benjamini, Colospongia catenulata, Colospongia composita, Colospongia cortexifera, Colospongia cribrifera, Colospongia dubia, Colospongia globosa, Colospongia iranica, Colospongia lenis, Colospongia leveni, Colospongia maxima, Colospongia monilis, Colospongia multivesiculosa, Colospongia nachodkiensis, Colospongia panormitana, Colospongia paronae, Colospongia pramollensis, Colospongia ramosa, Colospongia recta, Colospongia salinaria, Colospongia semseyi, Waagenella muliensis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Cozzo di Lupo reef, Sicily, Italy, which is in a Sevatian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Panormide Formation of Italy
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (1: Yukon collection), Italy (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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