Moleculospina Rigby 1986 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Piraniidae

Alternative spelling: Moleculopina

Parent taxon: Piraniidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Bambach et al. 2007 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxon: Pirania

Subtaxa: Moleculospina mammillata

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Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Walcott Quarry, Fossil Ridge, Greater Phyllopod Bed ( of British Columbia)

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