†Ratcliffespongia arivechensis Beresi et al. 2017 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Reticulosa - Hintzespongiidae
Full reference: M. S. Beresi, J. P. Botting, J. J. Palafox and B. E. Buitron Sanchez. 2017. New reticulosan sponges from the middle Cambrian of Sonora, Mexico. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 62(4):691-703
Belongs to Ratcliffespongia according to M. S. Beresi et al. 2017
Sister taxon: Ratcliffespongia multiforamina
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Hill Cerro El Mogallón (Cambrian of Mexico)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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