†Cnemidiastrum Zittel 1878 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Spirosclerophorida - Cnemidiastridae
Synonyms: Lithostrobilis, Lithostrobilus Schrammen 1937 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Cnemidiastridae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Cnemopeltia, Corallidium, Cucumaltina
Subtaxa: Cnemidiastrum (Tremastrum) Cnemidiastrum almeriae Cnemidiastrum reticulatus Cnemidiastrum stellatum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Spain (4 collections)
• Cretaceous of Spain (1)
• Jurassic of France (3), Germany (9), India (1), Poland (60), Spain (2)
Total: 80 collections including 87 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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