Pycnoclonella Lagneau-Herenger 1962 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Tetralithistida - Corallistidae

Full reference: L. Lagneau-Herenger. 1962. Contribution a l'etude des spongiaires siliceux du Cretace inferieur. Memoires de la Societe Geologique de France 95:1-252

Parent taxon: Gignouxiinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Gignouxia, Gilletia, Phrissospongia, Procorallistes, Schrammeniella, Spinocladia

Subtaxa: Pycnoclonella dactyliformis Pycnoclonella ramosa

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Type: Pycnoclonella dactyliformis

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Can Casanyas Castellet (Cretaceous of Spain)

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