Demospongea - Protomonaxonida - Piraniidae

PaleoDB taxon number: 205698

Full reference: J. P. Botting. 2007. "Cambrian" demosponges in the Ordovician of Morocco: Insights into the early evolutionary history of sponges. Geobios 40:737-748

Belongs to Pirania according to J. P. Botting 2007

Sister taxa: Pirania llanfawrensis, Pirania muricata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Zagora, Beni Zoli, which is in a Floian/Dapingian offshore siltstone/limestone in the Fezouata Formation of Morocco

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder