Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Alternative combination: Hapalopegma fragilis
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 Eurete according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Schrammen 1912
Sister taxa: Eurete (Aulodomus), Eurete columnare, Eurete farreoides, Eurete formosum, Eurete halli, Eurete labyrinthica, Eurete lithodendron, Eurete maeandrina, Eurete mantelli, Eurete periphragelloides, Eurete rauffi, Eurete setosum, Eurete smithi, Eurete vaceleti
Type specimen: Its type locality is Oberg, which is in a Campanian offshore shelf marl in Germany
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Oberg
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