†Verpaspongia Johns 1994 (demosponge)
Demospongea - Orchocladina - Streptosolenidae
Full reference: R. A. Johns. 1994. Ordovician lithistid sponges of the Great Basin. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 94(1):1-156
Parent taxon: Streptosolenidae according to R. A. Johns 1994
Sister taxa: Aulocopium, Edriospongia, Eospongia, Gallatinospongia, Hesperocoelia, Hudsonospongia, Lissocoelia, Orlinocyathus, Perissocoelia, Streptosolen, Wilbernicyathus
Subtaxa: Verpaspongia nodosa
Type: Verpaspongia nodosa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder