Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Tretodictyidae
Parent taxon: Tretodictyinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Auloplax, Prohexactinella, Psilocalyx, Ramalmerina, Sclerothamnopsis, Tretodictyum
Subtaxa: Hexactinella (Hexactinella) Hexactinella (Parahexactinella) Hexactinella alpina Hexactinella calolepis Hexactinella clampensis Hexactinella nymphaea Hexactinella prisca
Type: Hexactinella ventilabrum
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Miocene of Spain (1 collection)
• Oligocene of United States (1: Washington)
• Eocene of Italy (1), Spain (5)
• Cretaceous of France (2), the United Kingdom (1)
• Jurassic of India (1)
Total: 12 collections including 14 occurrences
Specimen images are retrieved through the ePANDDA API.
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