Stromatomorpha californica Smith 1927 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae

Full reference: J. P. Smith. 1927. Upper Triassic marine invertebrate faunas of North America. United States Geological Survey Professional Paper 141:1-262

Belongs to Stromatomorpha according to J. P. Smith 1927

Sister taxa: Stromatomorpha califormica, Stromatomorpha stylifera

Type specimen: Its type locality is Brock ranch, mouth of Brock Creek (coral zone), which is in a Lacian carbonate limestone in the Hosselkus Formation of California

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Austria (1 collection), United States (4: Alaska, California)

Total: 5 collections each including a single occurrence

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