†Kalimnospongia pertusa Rigby and Webby 1988 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Wareembaiidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and B. D. Webby. 1988. Late Ordovician sponges from the Malongulli Formation of central New South Wales, Australia. Palaeontographica Americana 56:1-147
Belongs to Kalimnospongia according to J. K. Rigby and B. D. Webby 1988
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Coppermine Creek, Cliefden Caves, which is in an Eastonian slope/ramp reef limestone/siltstone in the Malongulli Formation of Australia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Coppermine Creek, Cliefden Caves
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