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Coelocladiella philoconcha

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Heliospongiidae

Taxonomy
Coelocladiella philoconcha was named by Finks (1960). Its type specimen is USNM 127598 and is a 3D body fossil. Its type locality is USNM701l, Wolf Camp Hills, Glass Mountains, which is in an Asselian reef, buildup or bioherm limestone in the Neal Ranch Formation of Texas.

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1960Coelocladiella philoconcha Finks p. 53 figs. Pl 8, figs 1-7

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
phylumPoriferaGrant 1836
classDemospongiae(Sollas 1875)
subclassClavaxinellidaLevi 1956
RankNameAuthor
orderProtomonaxonida
familyHeliospongiidaeFinks 1960
genusCoelocladiella
speciesphiloconcha

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Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
R. M. Finks 1960Sponge conical and in some specimens branching; body wall relatively
thick; outer surface covered with closely spaced circular pores of the same size as the large pores in lissa, finer pores not seen; gastral surface essentially identical to outer surface; tracts relatively coarse; spicules not known.