Camerospongia exanthematica Defretin-Lefranc 1960 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Camerospongiidae

Full reference: S. Defretin-Lefranc. 1960. Contribution a l'etude des spongiaires siliceux du Crétacé supérieur du nord de la France. Theses presentees a la Faculte des Sciences de Lille 1-178

Belongs to Camerospongia according to S. Defretin-Lefranc 1960

Sister taxa: Camerospongia (Camerospongia), Camerospongia (Synolynthia), Camerospongia aperta, Camerospongia campanulata, Camerospongia capitata, Camerospongia elongata, Camerospongia neocomiensis, Camerospongia pervia, Camerospongia tuberculata, Camerospongia turbinata, Camerospongia visentinae

Type specimen: Its type locality is Lezennes, Lille, which is in a Coniacian offshore chalk in France

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Lezennes, Lille

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