†Ptychorete Reid 1964 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Full reference: R. E. H. Reid. 1964. A monograph of the Upper Cretaceous Hexactinellida of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Part IV. Palaeontographical Society Monograph 49-154
Parent taxon: Chonelasmatinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
Sister taxa: Balantionella, Chonelasma, Eubrochis, Habrosium, Megalodictyon, Tretochone, Typhlopleura, Wollemannia
Subtaxa: Ptychorete ijimai
Type: Ptychorete ijimai
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Hillsport, Island Magee (Cretaceous of the United Kingdom)
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