Hyalostelia (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Stiodermatidae

Parent taxon: Stiodermatidae according to R. M. Finks and J.K. Rigby 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Acanthactinella, Astroconia, Dermospheroidalis, Divaricospongia, Itararella, Protohyalostella, Rhakistella, Rigbykia, Stioderma, Thoracospongia, Uralonema

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1 collection), United States (1: Nevada)

• Devonian of Australia (1)

• Whiterockian of United States (2: California)

• Ordovician of Peru (1), the United Kingdom (54), United States (6: California, Nevada)

Total: 66 collections each including a single occurrence

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