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†superfamily Pillaraspongioidea Rigby 1986 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa

Parent taxon: Hexactinosa according to R. M. Finks and J.K. Rigby 2004

Sister taxa: Aphrocallistidae, Aulocalycidae, Auloplacidae, Caesaria, Carinthiaspongus, Caseispongia, Clavularia, Cribrospongiidae, Cystispongiidae, Emplocidae, Euretidae, Euryplegmatidae, Farreidae, Furcicanalis, Idiodictyon, Imbricareola, Laocaetis, Misonia, Multiloqua, Mysterium, Octobrum, Pileolitoidea, Polysyge, Porospongia, Rhogostomium, Rhombedonium, Scopularia, Scotospongia, Sphenaulacidae, Staurodermatidae, Tesselispongia, Tremaphorus, Tretodictyidae, Vermifistula, Xenoschrammenus

Subtaxa: Pillaraspongiidae

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Type: Pillaraspongiidae

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Devonian of Australia (6 collections)

Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence

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