†Pleurostoma Roemer 1840 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Innaecoeliida - Craticulariidae
Parent taxon: Leptophragmatinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004
See also Sepkoski 2002
Sister taxa: Leptophragma, Leptophragmella, Pseudoguettardia, Ptychocoetis, Ptychodesia, Strephinia
Subtaxa: Pleurostoma radiatum
Type: Pleurostoma radiatum
Ecology: stationary intermediate-level epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution:
• Eocene of France (1 collection), the United Kingdom (1), United States (8: Alabama, Mississippi, Texas)
• Paleocene of United States (1: Alabama)
• Cretaceous of Germany (4), the United Kingdom (1)
Total: 16 collections including 19 occurrences
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