†Moleculospina Rigby 1986 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Protomonaxonida - Piraniidae
Alternative spelling: Moleculopina
Parent taxon: Piraniidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Bambach et al. 2007 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxon: Pirania
Subtaxa: Moleculospina mammillata
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Walcott Quarry, Fossil Ridge, Greater Phyllopod Bed (Cambrian of British Columbia)
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