Heterorete Dendy 1916 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Parent taxon: Euretidae according to M. Kelly and J. S. Buckeridge 2005
Sister taxa: Belonisia, Chonelasmatinae, Eotretochone, Euretinae, Paleoramospongia, Paleoregulara, Pararete, Polythyridinae, Pseudobecksiinae, Verrucocoeloidea
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at CH/f63a Tutuiri Stream, Chatham Island (Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand)
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