†Triplanospongos Sashida and Tonishi 1988 (radiolarian)
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Protozoa - Latentifistularia - Cauletellidae
Synonym: Trifidospongus Noble and Renne 1990
Parent taxon: Cauletellidae according to P. Noble et al. 2017
See also De Wever et al. 2001 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cauletella, Foremanhelena, Ishigaum, Praedeflandrella, Pseudotormentus, Shangella
Subtaxa: Trifidospongus angustus Triplanospongos dekkasensis Triplanospongos musashiensis
Type: Triplanospongos musashiensis
Ecology: passively mobile planktonic omnivore
Distribution:
• Permian of China (53 collections), Japan (11), Malaysia (2), Thailand (12), United States (2: Oregon)
Total: 80 collections including 87 occurrences
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