†Playfordiella cylindrata Rigby 1986 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby. 1986. Late Devonian sponges of Western Australia. Report of the Geological Survey of Western Australia 18:1-59
Belongs to Playfordiella according to J. K. Rigby 1986
Sister taxon: Playfordiella capitanea
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sadler Ridge, reef slope, which is in a Frasnian perireef or subreef wackestone/shale in the Sadler Formation of Australia
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Devonian of Australia (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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