†Spissiparies Botting 2005 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Malumispongiidae
Full reference: J. P. Botting. 2005. Exceptionally well-preserved Middle Ordovician sponges from the Llandegley Rocks Lagerstätte, Wales. Palaeontology 48(3):577-617
Parent taxon: Malumispongiidae according to J. P. Botting 2005
Sister taxa: Malumispongium, Novocarbonella, Oncosella, Scaphiomanon, Walliospongia
Subtaxa: Spissiparies minuta
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Llandegley Rocks (Ordovician of the United Kingdom)
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