Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Parent taxon: Euretinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Rigby and Mohanti 1993 and Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alosculum, Blondetia, Dracospongia, Eurete, Heterochone, Linonema, Lopanella, Mastodictyum, Myliusia, Nemarete, Ordinatus, Periphragella, Plecteurete, Plectospyris, Pleurochorium, Polypyge, Pseudocavispongia, Radioplica, Ramispongia, Wapkiosa, Zittelispongia
Subtaxa: Verrucocoelia alpina Verrucocoelia biswasi Verrucocoelia patella Verrucocoelia tubulata Verrucocoelia verrucosa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of India (1 collection)
• Cretaceous of France (2), Germany (1), Poland (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of France (2), Germany (4), Morocco (1), Poland (2), the Russian Federation (1), Spain (1)
Total: 18 collections including 29 occurrences
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