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 griepenkerli Siphonia maliformis Siphonia micropora Siphonia permiana Siphonia tulipa
Type: Siphonia pyriformis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of Italy (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of the Czech Republic (2), France (3), Germany (12), Greece (1), Poland (3), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Permian of Italy (1)
Total: 27 collections including 38 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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