Molengraaffia Vinassa de Regny 1915 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae

Invalid subtaxa: Acoelia Wu 1991, Molengraafia [replaced name], Ramospongia Wu 1991

Parent taxon: Auriculospongiinae according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014

See also Finks et al. 2004, Senowbari-Daryan 2005, Senowbari-Daryan and Maurer 2008, Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015, Sepkoski 2002 and Wu 1991

Sister taxa: Alaskaspongiella, Anguispongia, Auriculospongia, Cavusonella, Monolaminospongia, Polyplacospongia

Subtaxa: Acoelia discontinua Acoelia norica Acoelia ruida Molengraaffia regularis Ramospongia minor

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Type: Molengraaffia regularis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Triassic of Australia (1 collection), Austria (7), Iran (8), Italy (1), the Russian Federation (6), Tajikistan (2), Turkey (2), the United Arab Emirates (1)

• Permian of China (7)

Total: 35 collections including 37 occurrences

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