†Defordia digitata Rigby 1984 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Lithistida - Chiastoclonellidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby. 1984. Permian sponges from western Venezuela. Journal of Paleontology 58(6):1436-1462
Belongs to Defordia according to J. K. Rigby 1984
Sister taxa: Defordia defuncta, Defordia densa, Defordia foliata, Defordia lobata, Defordia verrucula
Type specimen: USNM 340060. Its type locality is Locality 3, Quebrada de Portachuelo, first high waterfall, which is in a Kungurian lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal wackestone/siltstone in the Palmarito Formation of Venezuela.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Locality 3, Quebrada de Portachuelo, first high waterfall
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