Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Protospongiidae
Parent taxon: Protospongiidae according to J. K. Rigby et al. 2010
See also Bambach et al. 2007 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthodictya, Actinodictya, Brooksella, Gabelia, Heminectere, Hexatractiella, Hunanospongia, Iberospongia, Kiwetinokia, Megastylia, Metaxyspongia, Palaeosaccus, Plectoderma, Protospongia, Quadrolaminiella, Saetaspongia, Sanshapentella, Testiispongia, Triticispongia
Subtaxa: Diagoniella cyathiformis Diagoniella hindei Diagoniella magna Diagoniella mica Diagoniella robisoni Diagoniella tubulara
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Canada (2: British Columbia collections), Greenland (1), Portugal (1)
• Solvan of Canada (1: British Columbia)
• Delamaran of Canada (9: British Columbia)
• Cambrian to Ordovician of Argentina (1)
• Cambrian of Argentina (1), China (1), the Russian Federation (1), United States (11: Utah)
Total: 29 collections including 40 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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