Playfordiella cylindrata Rigby 1986 (demosponge)

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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