Chonelasma Schulze 1886 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Parent taxon: Chonelasmatinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Kelly and Buckeridge 2005
Sister taxa: Balantionella, Eubrochis, Habrosium, Megalodictyon, Ptychorete, Tretochone, Typhlopleura, Wollemannia
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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