Heterotella Gray 1867 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Euplectellidae

Parent taxon: Euplectellidae according to A. Brückner 2006

Sister taxa: Acoelocalyx, Docosaccus, Euplectellina, Euplectellinae, Fiscella, Regadrella, Sheldonia, Silesiaspongia, Taegerinae, Walteria, Walteriella

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Arnager, Bornholm, sponge-rich mounds (Cretaceous of Denmark)

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