†Periplectum Rauff 1933 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Parent taxon: Craticulariidae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Caseariinae, Conicospongia, Cordiospongia, Craticulariinae, Ecblastesia, Esfahanella, Laocoetidinae, Leptophragmatinae, Mimeticosia, Paleocraticularia, Pleuroguettardia, Polonospongia, Synaulia, Urnospongia
Subtaxa: Periplectum constrictum
Type: Periplectum constrictum
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Wernigerode (Cretaceous of Germany)
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