Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Protospongiidae
Parent taxon: Protospongiidae according to G. Henningsmoen 1958
See also Bambach et al. 2007, Henningsmoen 1952, Rigby et al. 1998 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanthodictya, Actinodictya, Brooksella, Diagoniella, Gabelia, Heminectere, Hexatractiella, Hunanospongia, Iberospongia, Kiwetinokia, Megastylia, Metaxyspongia, Palaeosaccus, Plectoderma, Quadrolaminiella, Saetaspongia, Sanshapentella, Testiispongia, Triticispongia
Subtaxa: Protospongia columbiana Protospongia conica Protospongia fenestrata Protospongia gracilis Protospongia hicksi Protospongia spina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Germany (1 collection), United States (1: Nevada)
• Silurian of Canada (4: British Columbia), Portugal (1), United States (1: Nevada)
• Klabava of the Czech Republic (2)
• Ordovician of the United Kingdom (1), United States (1: Idaho)
• Cressagian of the United Kingdom (1)
• Amgan of Norway (1)
• Delamaran of Canada (10: British Columbia), United States (1: Pennsylvania)
• Cambrian of Argentina (1), Canada (3: British Columbia), China (11), Denmark (2), Italy (1), Norway (2), the Russian Federation (5), the United Kingdom (2), United States (8: New York, Utah, Vermont)
Total: 60 collections including 66 occurrences
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