Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
Synonym: Calycocoelia inyoensis Greife and Langenheim, Jr. 1963
Full reference: R. S. Bassler. 1927. A new early Ordovician sponge fauna. Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences 17(15):390-394
Belongs to Calycocoelia according to R. S. Bassler 1927
See also Greife and Langenheim 1963 and Johns 1994
Sister taxa: Calycocoelia micropora, Calycocoelia murella, Calycocoelia perforata
Type specimens:
- Calycocoelia typicalis: Its type locality is IK-3 Ikes Canyon sponge beds, Toquima Range, which is in a Rangerian carbonate limestone in the Antelope Valley Formation of Nevada.
- Calycocoelia inyoensis: Its type locality is UCMP loc. B6082, Mazourka Canyon, which is in a Whiterockian carbonate limestone in the Badger Flat Formation of California.
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Silurian of Kazakhstan (1 collection)
• Whiterockian of United States (6: California, Nevada)
• Arenig of United States (1: Texas)
• Ordovician of United States (3: Nevada)
Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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