Protospongiidae is an extinct family of hexactinellid sponges that belongs to the order Reticulosa.
Distribution Fossils in this family have been found worldwide in North America, Greenland, South America, Africa, Europe and Asia.
Genera
This family contains 13 genera. They are listed below: Brooksella Bassler, 1941 Diagoniella Rauff, 1894 Gabelia Rigby & Murphy, 1983 Heminectere Botting, 2004 Hunanospongia Qian & Ding, 1988 Iberospongia Garcia-Bellieo & Rigby, 2004 Kiwetinokia Walcott, 1920 Metaxyspongia Wu, Yang, Janussen, Steiner, & Zhu, 2005 Protospongia Salter, 1864 Saetaspongia Mehl & Reitner, 1993 Sanshapentella Mehl & Erdtmann, 1994 Stephanella Hinde, 1891 Triticispongia Mehl & Retiner, 1993
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