†Cypellospongia Rigby and Gosney 1983 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Euplectellidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and T. C. Gosney. 1983. First reported Triassic lyssakid sponges from North America. Journal of Paleontology 57(4):787-796
Parent taxon: Taegerinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Rigby and Gosney 1983 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Arhoussia, Guemeuria, Proeuplectella, Purisiphonia, Tagountia, Tillichtia
Subtaxa: Cypellospongia fimbriartis
Type: Cypellospongia fimbriartis
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Triassic of United States (7: Nevada, Utah collections)
Total: 7 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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