†Moretiella Breistroffer 1949 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Lychniscosa - Dactylocalycidae
Synonyms: Moretia Hérenger 1944 [objective synonym], Neomoretia Zhuravleva 1962 [objective synonym]
Parent taxon: Dactylocalycinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Novack-Gottshall 2022, Sepkoski 2002 and Świerczewska-Gładysz and Olszewska-Nejbert 2013
Sister taxa: Calathiscus, Exanthesis, Paraplocia, Scolecosia
Subtaxa: Moretiella elegans
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of France (1 collection), Spain (1)
Total: 2 collections each including a single occurrence
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