Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Synonyms: Botryosella Schrammen 1912, Hapalopegma Schrammen 1912
Parent taxon: Euretinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alosculum, Blondetia, Dracospongia, Heterochone, Linonema, Lopanella, Mastodictyum, Myliusia, Nemarete, Ordinatus, Periphragella, Plecteurete, Plectospyris, Pleurochorium, Polypyge, Pseudocavispongia, Radioplica, Ramispongia, Verrucocoelia, Wapkiosa, Zittelispongia
Subtaxa: Eurete (Aulodomus) Eurete columnare Eurete farreoides Eurete formosum Eurete fragilis Eurete halli Eurete labyrinthica Eurete lithodendron Eurete maeandrina Eurete mantelli Eurete periphragelloides Eurete rauffi Eurete setosum Eurete smithi Eurete vaceleti
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Spain (3 collections)
• Oligocene of United States (2: Washington)
• Eocene of Italy (1), Spain (1), United States (2: Washington)
• Paleocene to Eocene of New Zealand (1)
• Cretaceous of France (2), Germany (3), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (15)
• Jurassic of Germany (1), Poland (1)
Total: 33 collections including 49 occurrences
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