Demospongiae - Agelasida - Intrasporeocoeliidae
Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan. 2005. Hypercalcified sphinctozoan sponges from Upper Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) reefs of the Nayband Formation (Central and Northeast Iran). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 145(2):171-277
Parent taxon: Intrasporeocoeliidae according to B. Senowbari-Daryan and J. K. Rigby 2015
See also Senowbari-Daryan 2005
Sister taxa: Belyaevaspongia, Intrasporeocoelia, Intrasporocoelia, Rahbahthalamia, Rhabadactinia, Rhabdactinia
Subtaxa: Delijania retrosiphonata
Type: Delijania retrosiphonata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Delijan reefs, Delijan area, Central Iran (Triassic of Iran)
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