ammonites
Colospongia cortexifera Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 (demosponge)

Demospongea - Vaceletida - Colospongiidae

Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan and J.K. Rigby. 1988. Upper Permian segmented sponges from Djebel Tebaga, Tunisia. Facies 19:171-250

Belongs to Colospongia according to O. Weidlich and B. Senowbari-Daryan 1996

Sister taxa: Colospongia americana, Colospongia arakeljani, Colospongia aspergillum, Colospongia benjamini, Colospongia catenulata, Colospongia composita, Colospongia dubia, Colospongia globosa, Colospongia iranica, Colospongia leveni, Colospongia maxima, Colospongia monilis, Colospongia nachodkiensis, Colospongia paronae, Colospongia pramollensis, Colospongia ramosa, Colospongia recta, Colospongia salinaria

Type specimen: USNM 427290,427291

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder