Amblysiphonella parvula Pickett and Jell 1983 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae

Full reference: J. Pickett and P. A. Jell. 1983. Middle Cambrian sphinctozoa (Porifera) from New South Wales. Memoir of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists 1:85-92

Belongs to Amblysiphonella according to J. Pickett and P. A. Jell 1983

Sister taxa: Amblysiphonella agahensis, Amblysiphonella asiatica, Amblysiphonella bancaoensis, Amblysiphonella barroisi, Amblysiphonella battagliensis, Amblysiphonella bisiphonata, Amblysiphonella canaliculata, Amblysiphonella communis, Amblysiphonella eleganta, Amblysiphonella gradinarui, Amblysiphonella grossa, Amblysiphonella hambastensis, Amblysiphonella heshanensis, Amblysiphonella hidensis, Amblysiphonella iranica, Amblysiphonella laibinensis, Amblysiphonella lhandunensis, Amblysiphonella loerentheyi, Amblysiphonella najafiani, Amblysiphonella obichingouensis, Amblysiphonella obliqua, Amblysiphonella obliquisepta, Amblysiphonella omanica, Amblysiphonella ostifera, Amblysiphonella parva, Amblysiphonella ramosa, Amblysiphonella regularis, Amblysiphonella rigbyi, Amblysiphonella sarytchevae, Amblysiphonella socialis, Amblysiphonella specialis, Amblysiphonella spinosa, Amblysiphonella steinmanni, Amblysiphonella strobiliformis, Amblysiphonella taurica, Amblysiphonella timorica, Amblysiphonella torabii, Amblysiphonella tubifera, Amblysiphonella vesiculosa, Amblysiphonella yini, Amblysiphonella zhaijiangensis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gnalta, Broken Hill, which is in an Ordian carbonate limestone in the Coonigan Formation of Australia

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gnalta, Broken Hill

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