Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan. 2005. Hypercalcified sphinctozoan sponges from Upper Triassic (Norian-Rhaetian) reefs of the Nayband Formation (Central and Northeast Iran). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 145(2):171-277
Belongs to Parauvanella according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014
See also Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2008
Sister taxa: Parauvanella delijanensis, Parauvanella minima, Parauvanella paronai, Parauvanella spinosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Ferdows reef, Taher-Abad, Tabas area, which is in a Sevatian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Nayband Formation of Iran
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Iran (5 collections), Italy (1), Turkey (1), United States (1: Alaska)
Total: 8 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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