†Keuppiella Engeser and Mehl 1993 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
Invalid subtaxa: Rhopalicna Schrammen 1937 [replaced name], Rhopalicus Schrammen 1937 [replaced name], Walcottella de Laubenfels 1955 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Cribrospongiidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Reid 2004 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Andreaea, Cribrospongia, Erineum, Eubrochus, Feifelia, Gevreya, Guettardiscyphia, Haynespongia, Nelumbifolium, Petalope, Polyopesia, Stereochlamis, Stichmaptyx, Tesselospongia
Subtaxa: Keuppiella pertusa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of Germany (9 collections), Poland (10)
Total: 19 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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