Lefroyella montenati Brimaud and Vachard 1986 (glass sponge)

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 Lefroyella according to C. Brimaud and D. Vachard 1986

Sister taxon: Lefroyella favoidea

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 (2 collections)

Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence

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