Walteriella Brückner 2006 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Euplectellidae

Full reference: A. Brückner. 2006. Taxonomy and paleoecology of lyssacinosan Hexactinellida from the Upper Cretaceous (Coniacian) of Bornholm, Denmark, in comparison with other Postpaleozoic representatives. Abhandlungen der Senckenbergischen Naturforschenden Gesellschaft 564:1-103

Parent taxon: Euplectellidae according to A. Brückner 2006

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

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

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