Walteria Schulze 1886 (glass sponge)
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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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