Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Alternative combination: Lymnorella encrusta
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and R. W. Scott. 1981. Sponges from the Lower Cretaceous Mural Limestone in Arizona and northern Mexico. Journal of Paleontology 55(3):552-562
Belongs to Mammillopora according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Rigby and Scott 1981
Sister taxa: Mammillopora globoconica, Mammillopora mammillaris, Mammillopora ramosa, Limnorea
Type specimen: Its type locality is Paul Spur, which is in an Albian reef, buildup or bioherm framestone in the Mural Limestone Formation of Arizona
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Mexico (1 collection), United States (1: Arizona)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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