†Desmostroma Bol'shakova 1969 (stromatoporoid sponge)
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Stromatoporoidea - Actinostromatida - Pseudolabechiidae
Synonym: Hexastylostroma
Parent taxon: Pseudolabechiidae according to C. Stock 2015
See also Sepkoski 2002 and Stearn et al. 1999
Sister taxa: Pachystroma, Plumataliniinae, Pseudolabechia, Pseudolabechiinae, Vikingia
Subtaxa: Desmostroma chutense Desmostroma mongolica
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (4: Quebec collections), Mongolia (1), Ukraine (2)
Total: 7 collections including 9 occurrences
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