Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Synonym: Calycospongia Wu and Xiao 1989
Parent taxon: Craticulariinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Craticularia, Dictyonocoelia, Diphyllospira, Eutactostomium, Psephosyllogus, Pycnocalyptra, Reticraticularia
Subtaxa: Sphenaulax costata Sphenaulax globosa Sphenaulax infundibuliforma Sphenaulax irregularis Sphenaulax piriformis Sphenaulax pliopetala Sphenaulax subargillaceus
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (2 collections)
• Jurassic of Germany (9), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (2)
• Triassic of China (2)
Total: 16 collections including 25 occurrences
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