†Pirania Walcott 1920 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Piraniidae
Parent taxon: Piraniidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Bambach et al. 2007, Botting 2007 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Moleculospina
Subtaxa: Pirania auraeum Pirania llanfawrensis Pirania muricata
Type: Pirania muricata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Ordovician of Morocco (2 collections), the United Kingdom (2)
• Delamaran of Canada (13: British Columbia)
• Cambrian of Canada (3: Brithish Columbia, British Columbia), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 21 collections including 22 occurrences
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