Periphragella Marshall 1875 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae

Synonym: Proeurete Schrammen 1902

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, Plecteurete, Plectospyris, Pleurochorium, Polypyge, Pseudocavispongia, Radioplica, Ramispongia, Verrucocoelia, Wapkiosa, Zittelispongia

Subtaxa: Periphragella johannae Periphragella plicata

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Germany (1), Poland (3)

• Jurassic of Germany (1)

Total: 6 collections including 7 occurrences

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