†Megastylia (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Protospongiidae
Parent taxon: Protospongiidae according to R. M. Finks and J.K. Rigby 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthodictya, Actinodictya, Brooksella, Diagoniella, Gabelia, Heminectere, Hexatractiella, Hunanospongia, Iberospongia, Kiwetinokia, Metaxyspongia, Palaeosaccus, Plectoderma, Protospongia, Quadrolaminiella, Saetaspongia, Sanshapentella, Testiispongia, Triticispongia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Schaghticoke Fm., earliest Tremadoc ( of New York)
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