†Lenica Goryanskiy 1977 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Choiidae
Full reference: V. Y. Goryanskiy. 1977. Pervaya nakhodka ostatkov gubki v nizhnem kembrii vostochnoy Sibiri [First discovery of sponge remains from the Lower Cambrian of eastern Siberia]. Ezhegodnik Vsesoyuzhnogo Paleontologicheskogo Obshchestva 20:274-276
Parent taxon: Choiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Allantospongia, Choia, Choiaella
Subtaxa: Lenica unica
Type: Lenica unica
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cambrian of the Russian Federation (2 collections), United States (1: Utah)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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