Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Parent taxon: Thaumastocoeliinae according to B. Senowbari-Daryan and J. K. Rigby 2015
See also Boiko et al. 1991, Finks et al. 2004, Senowbari-Daryan and Ingavat-Helmcke 1994 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Follicatena, Henricellum, Pamirothalamia, Pamiroverticillites, Porefieldia, Pseudoporefieldia, Sphaeroverticillites
Subtaxa: Sollasia absita Sollasia amaurosa Sollasia arta Sollasia cylindrica Sollasia norica Sollasia ostiolata Sollasia parva Sollasia spheroida
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Italy (2 collections), the Russian Federation (4), Turkey (3)
• Permian of China (25), Greece (1), Iran (2), Italy (2), Oman (5), the Russian Federation (5), Slovenia (1), Tajikistan (1), Thailand (1), Tunisia (20), Ukraine (2), United States (138: New Mexico, Texas)
• Carboniferous of Austria (1), Spain (1), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 215 collections including 222 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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