Acrochordonia coilorhopalota Defretin-Lefranc 1960 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Theonellidae

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 Acrochordonia according to S. Defretin-Lefranc 1960

Sister taxa: Acrochordonia auricula, Acrochordonia bifurcata, Acrochordonia irregularis, Acrochordonia ramosa, Acrochordonia regularis, Acrochordonia stellata

Type specimen: Its type locality is Drocourt, which is in a Cenomanian marine sandstone in France

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Drocourt

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