Heteractinida - Octactinellida - Eiffeliidae
Alternative combination: Lenastella araniformis
Full reference: V. V. Missarzhevsky and A. M. Mambetov. 1981. Stratigrafiya i fauna pogranichnykh sloyev Kembriya i Dokembriya Malogo Karatau [Stratigraphy and fauna of the Precambrian-Cambrian boundary beds of the Malyy Karatau]. Trudy Ordena Trudovogo Krasnogo Znameni Geologicheskiy Institut Akademiya NAUK SSSR 326:1-96
Belongs to Eiffelia according to C. B. Skovsted 2006
See also Bengtson et al. 1990 and Missarzhevsky and Mambetov 1981
Sister taxa: Eiffelia globosa, Eiffelia hispanica, Lenastella umbonata, Lenastella aculeata, Lenastella mucronata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Aktugay, bed 7, which is in an Atdabanian marine dolomite/sandstone in the Shabakty Formation of Kazakhstan
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Delamaran of Jordan (1 collection)
• Cambrian of Australia (24), China (4), Greenland (1), Italy (1), Kazakhstan (7), Kyrgyzstan (5), Turkey (1)
Total: 44 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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