Pleroma Sollas 1888 (demosponge)
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Demospongiae - Megalithistida - Pleromatidae
Parent taxon: Pleromatinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Doryderma, Homalodoriana, Pachypoterion, Propleroma, Schizorhabdus, Trachycinclis
Subtaxa: Pleroma aotea Pleroma leviorum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Spain (1 collection)
• Whaingaroan of New Zealand (1)
• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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