Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Full reference: C. Brimaud and D. Vachard. 1986. Les spongiaires siliceux du Tortonien des Betiques (Miocene de l'Espagne du Sud): especes nouvelles ou peu connues, II: Hexactinellides [Tortonian siliceous sponges from the Betics (Miocene of southern Spain): new or little known species, II: Hexactinellida]. Bulletin du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle, C 8(4):415-445
Belongs to Eurete according to C. Brimaud and D. Vachard 1986
Sister taxa: Eurete (Aulodomus), Eurete columnare, Eurete farreoides, Eurete formosum, Eurete fragilis, Eurete halli, Eurete labyrinthica, Eurete lithodendron, Eurete maeandrina, Eurete mantelli, Eurete periphragelloides, Eurete rauffi, Eurete setosum, Eurete smithi
Type specimen: Its type locality is Sorbas Basin, which is in a Tortonian marine marl in Spain
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Spain (3 collections)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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