Demospongiae - Streptosclerophorida - Hindiidae
Synonym: Sphaerolites Hinde 1875 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Hindiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also de Freitas 1991, Percival et al. 2001 and Rigby and Mundy 2000
Sister taxa: Arborohindia, Belubulaspongia, Cotylahindia, Eoscheiella, Fenestrospongia, Mamelohindia, Microspongia, Palmatohindia, Sadleria, Scheiella, Scheielloides, Scheiia
Subtaxa: Hindia sphaeroidalis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Carboniferous of the United Kingdom (1 collection)
• Devonian of United States (5: Kentucky, New York, Tennessee)
• Silurian to Devonian of United States (1: Oklahoma)
• Silurian of Canada (12: Northwest Territories, Nunavut), United States (8: California, Indiana)
• Ordovician of Australia (5), Canada (1: Quebec), United States (33: Iowa, Kentucky, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Ohio, Tennessee, Utah)
Total: 66 collections including 67 occurrences
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