Sollasia cylindrica Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2005 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae

Full reference: B. Senowbari-Daryan, K. Rashidi, and A. Hamedani. 2005. Sponge assemblage from the Permian reefal limestones of Kuh-e Bagh-e Vang, Shotori Mountains (eastern Iran). Geologica Carpathica 56(5):381-406

Belongs to Sollasia according to B. Senowbari-Daryan et al. 2005

Sister taxa: Sollasia absita, Sollasia amaurosa, Sollasia arta, Sollasia norica, Sollasia ostiolata, Sollasia parva, Sollasia spheroida

Type specimen: Its type locality is Kuh-e Bagh-e Vang, Shotori Mountains, Tabas, which is in a Kungurian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Jamal Formation of Iran

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Kuh-e Bagh-e Vang, Shotori Mountains, Tabas

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