Synonym: Diplopleura Regnard 1926 [replaced name]
Full reference: R.E.H. Reid. 2004. Mesozoic and Cenozoic hexactinellid sponges: Lychniscosa and order Uncertain. Treatise on Invertebrate Paleontology E revised(3):513-556
Parent taxon: Hexactinellida according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Reid 2004 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Acanothyia, Acanothyra, Amphidiscophora, Antrispongia, Australispongia, Baccispongia, Bothroconis, Chelispongia, Crucispongia, Farreopsis, Hemidiagoniella, Heterostella, Hexasterophora, Hodsia, Innaecoeliida, Kometia, Lonsda, Lychniscosa, Lyssacinosa, Lyssakida, Nepheliospongia, Nephelispongia, Pachylepisma, Pinnatispongia, Rugosoderma, Sceptrulophora, Sestrocladiella, Silicunculus, Solactiniella, Solusrectus, Spongus, Stromatidiidae
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: there are no occurrences of Diplopleuriana in the database
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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