†Streptosolen mccafferyi Johns 1994 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Lithistida - Streptosolenidae
Full reference: R. A. Johns. 1994. Ordovician lithistid sponges of the Great Basin. Nevada Bureau of Mines and Geology Open-File Report 94(1):1-156
Belongs to Streptosolen according to R. A. Johns 1994
Sister taxa: Streptosolen nodosus, Streptosolen occidentalis
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sunnyside sponge mounds, Egan Range, which is in an Arenigian intrashelf/intraplatform reef limestone in the Shingle Limestone Formation of Nevada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Sunnyside sponge mounds, Egan Range
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