Demospongiae - Agelasida - Virgolidae
Synonyms: Dendrosclera Wu 1991, Paracorynella Wu 1991, Paristellispongia Wu 1991
Full reference: J. K. Rigby, J. S. Fan, and W. Zhang. 1989. Inozoan calcareous Porifera from the Permian reefs in South China. Journal of Paleontology 63(6):778-800
Parent taxon: Virgolinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Rigby et al. 1994, Rigby and Senowbari-Daryan 1996 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Dactylocoelia, Keriocoelia, Reticulocoelia, Sclerocoelia, Virgola
Subtaxa: Intratubospongia bifida Intratubospongia minima Intratubospongia obscura Intratubospongia osiensis Intratubospongia tenuiperforata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Permian of China (19 collections), Italy (2), Tunisia (60)
Total: 81 collections including 86 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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