Trochobolus suevicus Schrammen 1937 (glass sponge)

Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Pachyteichismatidae

Belongs to Trochobolus according to Schrammen 1937

Sister taxa: Trochobolus cupulus, Trochobolus cylindratus, Trochobolus dentatus, Trochobolus labyrinthicus, Trochobolus texatus, Trochobolus tuberculatus

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Erkenbrechtsweiler, Swabian Alb (Jurassic of Germany)

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