Aphrocallistes macroporus Lagneau-Herenger 1962 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Aphrocallistidae

Full reference: L. Lagneau-Herenger. 1962. Contribution a l'etude des spongiaires siliceux du Cretace inferieur. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 95:1-252

Belongs to Aphrocallistes according to L. Lagneau-Herenger 1962

Sister taxa: Aphrocallistes alveolites, Aphrocallistes bochotnicensis, Aphrocallistes cylindrodactylus, Aphrocallistes estevoui, Aphrocallistes kazimierzensis, Aphrocallistes lobata, Aphrocallistes lobatus, Aphrocallistes mammillaris, Aphrocallistes verrucosus, Aphrocallistes vistulae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Gourdon, which is in an Albian coastal sandstone in France

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Gourdon

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