Farrea rugosa Rigby and Albi 1996 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Farreidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby and Y. Albi. 1996. An Upper Miocene hexactinellid xponge from the Puente Shale, Orange County, California. Journal of Paleontology 70(6):908-913

Belongs to Farrea according to J. K. Rigby and Y. Albi 1996

Sister taxa: Farrea clarkei, Farrea oakleyi, Farrea occa, Farrea tatei

Type specimen: LACMIP 12244, an other (cluster of branches). Its type locality is Olive Hill Reservoir, which is in a Miocene offshore siltstone in the Puente Formation of California.

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Olive Hill Reservoir

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