Trachysphecion Pomel 1872 (calcareous sponge)

Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae

Alternative spelling: Trachyspecion

Parent taxon: Stellispongiinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Finks and Rigby 2004, Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Amorphofungia, Amorphospongia, Blastinoidea, Conocoelia, Diaplectia, Elasmoierea, Elasmostoma, Euzittelia, Heteropenia, Lutia, Pachymura, Pachytilodia, Pareudea, Paronadella, Peronidella, Steinmanella, Steinmannella, Stellispongia, Trachypenia, Trachysinia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: there are no occurrences of Trachysphecion in the database

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