Clathrodictyon molense Webby and Banks 1976 (stromatoporoid sponge)

Stromatoporoidea - Clathrodictyida - Clathrodictyidae

Full reference: B. D. Webby and M. R. Banks. 1976. Clathrodictyon and Ecclimadictyon (Stromatopoidea) from the Ordovician of Tasmania. Papers and proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania 110:129-138

Belongs to Clathrodictyon according to B. D. Webby and M. R. Banks 1976

Sister taxa: Clathrodictyon adaverense, Clathrodictyon boreale, Clathrodictyon caespitosum, Clathrodictyon clivosum, Clathrodictyon crickmayi, Clathrodictyon delicatulum, Clathrodictyon demissum, Clathrodictyon gregale, Clathrodictyon idense, Clathrodictyon kudriavzevi, Clathrodictyon lennuki, Clathrodictyon lenticulare, Clathrodictyon mammillatum, Clathrodictyon microundulatum, Clathrodictyon plicatum, Clathrodictyon roseni, Clathrodictyon sinuosum, Clathrodictyon sulevi, Clathrodictyon turritum, Clathrodictyon variolare, Clathrodictyon vesiculosum, Clathrodictyon vormsiense, Clathrodictyon zonatum

Type specimen: UTGD 94622

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder-photosymbiotic

Distribution: found only at Gordon Ls., 5 km WNW of Mole Creek, Tasmania (Ordovician of Australia)

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