†Pirania llanfawrensis Botting 2004 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Piraniidae
Full reference: J. P. Botting. 2004. An exceptional Caradoc sponge fauna from the Llanfawr Quarries, central Wales and phylogenetic implications. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 2(1):31-63
Belongs to Pirania according to J. P. Botting 2004
Sister taxa: Pirania auraeum, Pirania muricata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Llanfawr Quarry 1, Llandrindod, which is in a Sandbian offshore mudstone in the Llanfawr Mudstone Formation of the United Kingdom
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Llanfawr Quarry 1, Llandrindod
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