Wollemannia Schrammen 1912 (glass sponge)

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: Chonelasmatinae according to R. M. Finks et al. 2004

See also Sepkoski 2002

Sister taxa: Balantionella, Chonelasma, Eubrochis, Habrosium, Megalodictyon, Ptychorete, Tretochone, Typhlopleura

Subtaxa: Wollemannia araneosa Wollemannia cribrosa

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Type: Wollemannia araneosa

Ecology: stationary epifaunal suspension feeder

Distribution:

• Cretaceous of Germany (2 collections), Poland (1), the United Kingdom (8)

Total: 11 collections including 12 occurrences

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