Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Verticillitidae
Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan and F. Maurer. 2008. Upper Triassic (Norian) hypercalcified sponges from the Musandam Peninsula (United Arab Emirates and Oman). Facies 54:433-460
Belongs to Fanthalamia according to B. Senowbari-Daryan and F. Maurer 2008
Sister taxa: Fanthalamia aksunensis, Fanthalamia astoma, Fanthalamia glomerata, Fanthalamia kadiri, Fanthalamia multicanalis, Fanthalamia polystoma
Type specimen: Its type locality is Musandam Mountains, which is in a Sevatian deep subtidal shelf floatstone/rudstone in the Ghalilah Formation of the United Arab Emirates
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Musandam Mountains
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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