Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Full reference: K. Rashidi and B. Senowbari-Daryan. 2011. Sponges from a section of the Upper Triassic Nayband Formation, northeast of Esfahan, central Iran. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien A 113:309-371
Belongs to Parauvanella according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014
See also Rashidi and Senowbari-Daryan 2011
Sister taxa: Parauvanella delijanensis, Parauvanella ferdowsensis, Parauvanella minima, Parauvanella paronai
Type specimen: Its type locality is Kuh-e Kaftar, sponge reef, which is in a Rhaetian reef, buildup or bioherm reef rocks in the Nayband Formation of Iran
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of Iran (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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