Tetraspongia Termier and Termier 1989 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Monalithistida - Vetulinidae

Parent taxon: Vetulininae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Masse et al. 1989

Sister taxa: Cladodia, Cryptodesma, Exodictydia, Jumarella, Mastosia, Multipocula, Rhytidoderma, Vetulina

Subtaxa: Tetraspongia balmensis

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Type: Tetraspongia balmensis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Saint-Pons, Sainte-Baume Massif (Cretaceous of France)

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