Demospongiae - Streptosclerophorida - Hindiidae
Alternative spelling: Scheia
Full reference: T. Tschernyschew and P. Stepanow. 1916. Obercarbonfauna von Konig Oscars und Heibergs Land. Report of the Second Norwegian Arctic Expedition in the "Fram" 1898-1902 34:1-67
Parent taxon: Hindiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arborohindia, Belubulaspongia, Cotylahindia, Eoscheiella, Fenestrospongia, Hindia, Mamelohindia, Microspongia, Palmatohindia, Sadleria, Scheiella, Scheielloides
Subtaxa: Scheiia tuberosa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of Canada (15: British Columbia, Nunavut collections), Svalbard and Jan Mayen (1), United States (4: Texas)
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 21 collections each including a single occurrence
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