Walteria Schulze 1886 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lyssacinosa - Euplectellidae

Parent taxon: Euplectellidae according to M. Kelly and J. S. Buckeridge 2005

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

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at CH/f63a Tutuiri Stream, Chatham Island (Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand)

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