Verruculina mamillata Lagneau-Herenger 1962 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Scleritodermatidae

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 Verruculina according to L. Lagneau-Herenger 1962

Sister taxa: Verruculina (Amphichondrium), Verruculina abnormis, Verruculina ambigua, Verruculina angulata, Verruculina crassa, Verruculina damaecornis, Verruculina micrommata, Verruculina seriatopora, Verruculina tenuis

Type specimen: Its type locality is Can Casanyas Castellet, which is in an Aptian coastal sandstone in Spain

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Can Casanyas Castellet

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