Sestrostomella Zittel 1878 (demosponge)

Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sestrostomellidae

Synonym: Palaeoierea Laube 1865

Parent taxon: Sestrostomellidae according to F. Amirhassankhani et al. 2014

See also Finks et al. 2004, Laube 1865 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Brevisiphonella, Epitheles, Himatella, Polysiphonella, Trachytila, Vesicotubispongia, Winwoodia

Subtaxa: Palaeoierea gracilis Sestrostomella aureolata Sestrostomella conica Sestrostomella robusta Sestrostomella wartae

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Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Canada (1: Nova Scotia collection)

• Jurassic of Poland (1)

• Triassic of Australia (1), Austria (2), Hungary (1), Iran (14), Italy (8), the Russian Federation (4), Turkey (2)

Total: 34 collections including 36 occurrences

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