Parauvanella spinosa Rashidi and Senowbari-Daryan 2011 (demosponge)

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

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