†Canningella expansa Rigby 1986 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby. 1986. Late Devonian sponges of Western Australia. Report of the Geological Survey of Western Australia 18:1-59
Belongs to Canningella according to J. K. Rigby 1986
Sister taxa: Canningella interrupta, Canningella magnipora, Canningella obconica
Type specimen: Its type locality is Casey Falls, McWhae Ridge, reef slope, which is in a Famennian perireef or subreef limestone/siltstone in the Virgin Hills Formation of Australia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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