Litophyllum Etheridge 1899 (chaetetid sponge)

Demospongiae - Chaetetida - Chaetetidae

Parent taxon: Chaetetinae according to D. Hill 1981

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Carnegiea, Chaetetella, Pachytheca, Spongiothecopora, Staphylopora

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Jiwozhai reef, Dushan Fm ( of China)

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