†Wapkiosa Laubenfels 1955 (glass sponge)
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Hexactinellida - Hexactinosa - Euretidae
Synonym: Pleurothyris Schrammen 1912 [replaced name]
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, Pleurochorium, Polypyge, Pseudocavispongia, Radioplica, Ramispongia, Verrucocoelia, Zittelispongia
Subtaxa: Wapkiosa folium Wapkiosa tortuosa
Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder
Distribution: found only at Oberg (Cretaceous of Germany)
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