Leiospongia verrucosa Münster 1841

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Pharetrospongiidae

Alternative combinations: Achilleum verrucosum, Leiofungia verrucosa

Full reference: G. Münster. 1841. Beiträge zur Geognosie und Petrefacten-Kunde des südöstlichen Tirols vorzüglich der Schichten von St. Cassian. II. Beschreibung und Abbildung der in den Kalkmergelschichten von St. Cassian gefunden Versteinerungen. Beiträge zur Petrefacten-Kunde 4:25-152

Belongs to Leiospongia according to T. S. Engeser and P. D. Taylor 1989

See also Laube 1865 and Münster 1841

Sister taxa: Leiospongia alpina, Leiospongia polymorpha, Leiofungia radiciformis, Leiofungia rugosa, Leiofungia reticularis

Type specimen: Its type locality is St. Cassian (Munster coll), which is in a Julian carbonate limestone in the Cassian Formation of Italy.

Distribution: found only at St. Cassian (Munster coll)

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