Spirocyathella Vologdin 1939 (archaeocyath sponge)

Archaeocyatha - Archaeocyathida - Archaeopharetridae

Synonym: Aruntacyathus Kruse and West 1980

Parent taxon: Archaeopharetridae according to F. Debrenne et al. 2015

See also Kennard 1991, Okulitch 1950 and Wrona and Zhuravlev 1996

Sister taxa: Archaeopharetra, Dictyosycon, Markocyathus, Protopharetra

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cambrian of Antarctica (1 collection), Australia (2), Falkland Islands (Malvinas) (1), United States (1: Nevada)

Total: 5 collections including 6 occurrences

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