Retispinopora tuberculata Hampton 1957 (calcareous sponge)

Calcarea - Lithonida - Minchinellidae

Full reference: J. S. Hampton. 1957. The sponge genus Retispinopora in the English Chalk. Proceedings of the Geologist's Association 68(1):53-56

Belongs to Retispinopora according to J. S. Hampton 1957

Sister taxa: none

Type specimen: Its type locality is Westerham, which is in a Turonian marine chalk in the Lewes Nodular Chalk Formation of the United Kingdom

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Westerham

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