†Preverticillites columnella Parona 1933 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
Alternative combination: Verticillites columnella
Belongs to Preverticillites according to O. Weidlich and B. Senowbari-Daryan 1996
See also Aleotti et al. 1986, Belyaeva 1991, Rigby et al. 1994, Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 1988 and Termier and Termier 1977
Sister taxon: Preverticillites parva
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Germany (1 collection)
• Permian of China (2), Greece (1), Italy (1), Oman (1), the Russian Federation (2), Tunisia (6)
Total: 14 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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