†Hormathospongia dictyota Rigby et al. 1996 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Farreidae
Full reference: J. K. Rigby, P. Embree, and M. Murphy. 1996. An unusual Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) hexactinellid sponge from the Great Valley sequence, western Sacramento Valley, northern California. Journal of Paleontology 70(5):713-717
Belongs to Hormathospongia according to J. K. Rigby et al. 1996
Sister taxa: none
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sand Creek, which is in a Santonian offshore mudstone in the Forbes Formation of California
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Sand Creek
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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