Chilcaia bimuralis Carrera 1994 (sponge)

Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae

Full reference: M. G. Carrera. 1994. An Ordovician sponge fauna from the San Juan Formation, Precordillera Basin, western Argentina. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 191(2):201-220

Belongs to Chilcaia according to M. G. Carrera 1994

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Cerro La Chilca, Jachal, which is in a Llanvirn open shallow subtidal limestone in the San Juan Formation of Argentina

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Cerro La Chilca, Jachal

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