Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Full reference: P. A. Gerasimov. 1960. Gubki podmoskovskoy yury u nizhnego mela [Jurassic and Lower Cretaceous sponges of the Moscow region]. Materialy po Geologii i Poleznym Ickopayemym Tsentral'nykh Rayonov Evropeyskoy Chasti SSSR 3:5-63
Belongs to Sphenaulax according to P. A. Gerasimov 1960
Sister taxa: Sphenaulax costata, Sphenaulax globosa, Sphenaulax infundibuliforma, Sphenaulax irregularis, Sphenaulax pliopetala, Sphenaulax subargillaceus
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lopatino quarry, which is in a Tithonian marginal marine sandstone in the Russian Federation
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Jurassic of the Russian Federation (2 collections)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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