Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Cribrospongiidae
Alternative combination: Hexactinella laevis
Full reference: A. Schrammen. 1912. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida) [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida)]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:176-385
Belongs to Polyopesia according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Schrammen 1912
Sister taxon: Polyopesia angustata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Oberg, which is in a Campanian offshore shelf marl in Germany
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (3)
Total: 4 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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