Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Protospongiidae
Full reference: D. Mehl, J. K. Rigby, and S. R. Holmes. 1993. Hexactinellid sponges from the Silurian-Devonian Roberts Mountains Formation in Nevada and hypotheses of hexactine-stauractine origin. Geology Studies Brigham Young University 39:101-124
Belongs to Protospongia according to D. Mehl et al. 1993
Sister taxa: Protospongia columbiana, Protospongia conica, Protospongia fenestrata, Protospongia gracilis, Protospongia hicksi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Starvation Canyon, which is in a Lochkovian offshore limestone/siltstone in the Roberts Mountains Formation of Nevada
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Starvation Canyon
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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