Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Protospongiidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and M. A. Murphy. 1983. Gabelia, a new Late Devonian lyssakid protosponge from the Roberts Mountains, Nevada. Journal of Paleontology 57(4):797-803
Parent taxon: Protospongiidae according to J. K. Rigby and M. A. Murphy 1983
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthodictya, Actinodictya, Brooksella, Diagoniella, Heminectere, Hexatractiella, Hunanospongia, Iberospongia, Kiwetinokia, Megastylia, Metaxyspongia, Palaeosaccus, Plectoderma, Protospongia, Quadrolaminiella, Saetaspongia, Sanshapentella, Testiispongia, Triticispongia
Subtaxa: Gabelia intermedia Gabelia pedunculus
Type: Gabelia pedunculus
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of United States (2: Nevada collections)
• Silurian of Canada (1: British Columbia), Portugal (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Cambrian of China (1)
Total: 6 collections including 9 occurrences
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