Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Siphoniidae
Parent taxon: Siphoniinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Actinosiphonia, Aulaxinia, Bathotheca, Callopegma, Hallirhoa, Jerea, Nelumbia, Polyierea, Turonia
Subtaxa: Siphonia (Pachycalymma) Siphonia (Siphonia) Siphonia ficus Siphonia griepenkerli Siphonia incrassata Siphonia koenigi Siphonia maliformis Siphonia micropora Siphonia tulipa
Type: Siphonia pyriformis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of Czechia (2), France (6), Germany (10), Greece (1), Poland (5), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 35 collections including 45 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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