†Psilocalyx (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Tretodictyidae
Invalid subtaxa: Epaphroditus Schrammen 1937 [replaced name], Nitidus de Laubenfels 1955
Parent taxon: Tretodictyinae according to R.E.H. Reid 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Auloplax, Hexactinella, Prohexactinella, Ramalmerina, Sclerothamnopsis, Tretodictyum
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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