Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae
Synonym: Canistrumella Rigby 1986
Full reference: P. E. Raymond. 1931. Notes on invertebrate fossils, with descriptions of new species. Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University 55(6):165-213
Parent taxon: Eiffeliidae according to J. K. Rigby and D. Collins 2004
See also Bambach et al. 2007, Caron and Jackson 2008 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Astraeoconus, Chilcaia, Eiffelia, Eiffelospongia, Gondekia, Toquimiella, Zangerlispongia
Subtaxa: Petaloptyon danei
Type: Petaloptyon danei
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of Australia (1 collection), Canada (5: British Columbia)
Total: 6 collections each including a single occurrence
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