Muellerithalamia (calcareous sponge)

Calcarea - Lithonida - Minchinellidae

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

See also Senowbari-Daryan and Rigby 2015 and Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Bactronella, Minchinella, Monoplectroninia, Petrostroma, Plectroninia, Porosphaera, Porosphaerella, Retispinopora, Sagittularia, Tulearinia

Subtaxa: none

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution: found only at Urspring sponge mound, Germany (Jurassic of Germany)

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