Parent taxon: Hexactinellida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanothyia, Acanothyra, Amphidiscophora, Antrispongia, Australispongia, Baccispongia, Bothroconis, Chelispongia, Crucispongia, Diplopleuriana, Farreopsis, Hemidiagoniella, Heterostella, Hexasterophora, Innaecoeliida, Kometia, Lonsda, Lychniscosa, Lyssacinosa, Lyssakida, Nepheliospongia, Nephelispongia, Pachylepisma, Pinnatispongia, Rugosoderma, Sceptrulophora, Sestrocladiella, Silicunculus, Solactiniella, Solusrectus, Spongus, Stromatidiidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of the Russian Federation (4 collections), Tajikistan (1)
• Permian of China (1)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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