Eiffelia Walcott 1920 (sponge)

Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae

Synonym: Lenastella Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981

Parent taxon: Eiffeliidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Bambach et al. 2007, Kiessling 2009, Sepkoski 2002 and Skovsted 2006

Sister taxa: Astraeoconus, Chilcaia, Eiffelospongia, Gondekia, Petaloptyon, Toquimiella, Zangerlispongia

Subtaxa: Eiffelia araniformis Eiffelia globosa Eiffelia hispanica Lenastella aculeata Lenastella mucronata Lenastella umbonata

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Type: Eiffelia globosa

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Australia (29 collections), Canada (2: Brithish Columbia, British Columbia), China (5), Greenland (2), Guinea (1), Iran (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (12), Kyrgyzstan (5), Spain (2), Turkey (1), the United Kingdom (1)

• Ordian of Australia (1)

• Delamaran of Canada (10: British Columbia), Jordan (1)

Total: 74 collections including 95 occurrences

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