†Verrucocoelia patella Gerasimov 1960 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae
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 Verrucocoelia according to P. A. Gerasimov 1960
Sister taxa: Verrucocoelia alpina, Verrucocoelia biswasi, Verrucocoelia tubulata, Verrucocoelia verrucosa
Type specimen: Its type locality is Lopatino quarry, which is in a Tithonian marginal marine sandstone in the Russian Federation
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Lopatino quarry
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