Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Full reference: A. Schrammen. 1912. Die Kieselspongien der oberen Kreide von Nordwestdeutschland, Teil 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida) [Upper Cretaceous sponges from north-western Germany, part 2 Triaxonia (Hexactinellida)]. Palaeontographica, Supplement 5:176-385
Parent taxon: Euretinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Alosculum, Blondetia, Dracospongia, Eurete, Heterochone, Linonema, Lopanella, Mastodictyum, Myliusia, Nemarete, Ordinatus, Periphragella, Plecteurete, Plectospyris, Polypyge, Pseudocavispongia, Radioplica, Ramispongia, Verrucocoelia, Wapkiosa, Zittelispongia
Subtaxa: Pleurochorium schulzei
Type: Pleurochorium schulzei
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Cretaceous of Germany (1 collection), the United Kingdom (2)
Total: 3 collections each including a single occurrence
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