Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Corallistidae
Alternative combination: Phalangium cylindratum
Full reference: A. Schrammen. 1910. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 1 Tetraxonia, Monaxonia und Silicea incert. sedis [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 1 Tetraxonia, Monaxonia and Silicea incert. sedis]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:1-175
Belongs to Schrammeniella according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Schrammen 1910
Sister taxon: Schrammeniella scytaliforme
Type specimen: Its type locality is Heere, which is in a Turonian offshore shelf marl in the "Cuvieri-Pläner" Formation of Germany
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Germany (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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