†Cinnabaria expansa Seilacher 1962 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Verticillitidae
Alternative combination: Ascosymplegma expansum
Belongs to Cinnabaria according to G. D. Stanley and B. Senowbari-Daryan 1999
See also Senowbari-Daryan 1994
Sister taxa: Cinnabaria adnetensis, Cinnabaria minima, Cinnabaria regularis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Canada (2: British Columbia, Yukon collections), India (2), Italy (1), Mexico (3), the Russian Federation (1), United States (3: Nevada)
Total: 12 collections each including a single occurrence
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