Farrea Bowerbank 1862 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Farreidae
Parent taxon: Farreidae according to R.E.H. Reid 2004
See also Rigby and Albi 1996 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Chonodictyon, Hormathospongia
Subtaxa: Farrea clarkei Farrea oakleyi Farrea occa Farrea rugosa Farrea tatei
Type: Farrea occa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of United States (1: California collection)
• Oligocene of Costa Rica (1), United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of Germany (1), the United Kingdom (7)
Total: 13 collections each including a single occurrence
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