Wewokella costata Rigby and Keyes 1998 (sponge)

Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Wewokellidae

Full reference: J. K. Rigby and R. Keyes. 1998. Wewokella costata new species, a large heteractinid calcareous sponge from the Upper Mississippian Hartselle Sandstone in northeastern Alabama. Journal of Paleontology 72(1):1-6

Belongs to Wewokella according to J .K. Rigby and R. Keyes 1998

Sister taxon: Wewokella solida

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Hartselle Sandstone (Hunstville, AL., Marshall Co.) (Carboniferous of Alabama)

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