†Fistellaspongia Rigby and Maher 1995 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Brachiospongiidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby and B. J. Maher. 1995. Age of the hexactinellid beds of the Roberts Mountains Formation, Snake Mountains, Nevada, and additions to the Silurian sponge fauna. Journal of Paleontology 69(6):1020-1029
Parent taxon: Brachiospongiidae according to R. M. Finks and J.K. Rigby 2004
See also Rigby and Maher 1995 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Brachiospongia, Colpospongia, Rhaeaspongia
Subtaxa: Fistellaspongia inclinata
Type: Fistellaspongia inclinata
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Loomis Creek, Snake Mountains (Silurian of Nevada)
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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