†Discophyma costata Herenger 1942 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Ventriculitidae
Full reference: L. Herenger. 1942. Contribution a l'etude des spongiaires du Jurassique et du Cretace de Catalogne. Travaux du Laboratoire de Geologie de la Faculte des Sciences de l'Universite de Grenoble 23:143-192
Belongs to Discophyma according to L. Herenger 1942
Sister taxon: Discophyma dolata
Type specimen: Its type locality is Terracuques de Llebra Rasquera, which is in a Callovian marine limestone in Spain
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Terracuques de Llebra Rasquera
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