†Placochlaenia (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Staurodermatidae
Parent taxon: Staurodermatidae according to R.E.H. Reid 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Polyschema, Rhodanospongia, Saynospongia, Stauroderma, Zittellospongia
Subtaxa: none
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Columbeira, PO-20, Peniche area (Jurassic of Portugal)
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